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Recovery of Benefits and Assistance (RBA) Scheme
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From 1st August 2014, the Recovery of Certain Benefits and Assistance Scheme enables the department to recover the value of certain illness-related social welfare payments from compensation awards made to persons as a consequence of personal injuries claims.
The benefits are recovered from the compensator and not from the injured person.
The specified benefits to be recovered under the RBA Scheme are:
- Illness Benefit
- Partial Capacity Benefit
- Injury Benefit
- Incapacity Supplement, that is, the increase of disablement pension payable where a person is permanently incapable of work as a result of an occupational accident or disease and does not qualify for any other social welfare payment
- Invalidity Pension
- Disability Allowance
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance
A compensator must apply for a statement of recoverable benefits on the RBA01 application form before making a compensation payment to an injured person.
The form should be downloaded from this site, printed on both sides of the page, completed and posted to the address below.
Applications for statements may also be made by secure e-mail, by prior arrangement with the department. Statements will issue by post.
The Injuries Board (PIAB) must also apply for a statement before issuing an order to pay under the terms of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003.
The statement will issue within 4 weeks from the date of receipt of the application. A copy of the statement will also issue 25 working days from the date of receipt of the application.
Application Form: Recovery of Benefits and Assistance (RBA) Scheme (RBA01)
Recovery of Benefits & Assistance (RBA) Scheme Application Form (RBA01)
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Recovery of Benefits and Assistance RBA01 (word document version)
DownloadThe scheme does not make any payments.
Recovery of Benefits and Assistance Section
Address:
P.O. Box 12515, Dublin 1.
Phone number:
Operational guidelines describe the processes and procedures that staff in the department follow when carrying out their work.
