Support directory
Browse our first official-source household and business records. This directory is being expanded carefully; it is not yet a complete list of every support in Ireland.
254 supports
Official-source records · professional review pending
Family and work
A weekly tax-free payment for eligible employees with children.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children and childcare
Universal and income-assessed subsidies towards registered childcare.
National Childcare Scheme
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Health
Help with GP and other health-service costs, subject to the applicable assessment.
Health Service Executive
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Housing
A social housing support administered by local authorities for eligible households.
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Household costs
A seasonal payment for qualifying households to help with heating costs.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Caring
An annual payment for carers who meet the relevant conditions.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Urgent and essential costs
Help with essential expenses that cannot be met from household income or other resources. Each application is assessed individually.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children and education
A means-tested once-off payment towards school clothing and footwear for qualifying children.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Disability and illness
A means-tested weekly payment for people whose disability substantially restricts suitable work, subject to the scheme conditions.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Caring
A means-tested payment for a person providing full-time care and attention, subject to the scheme conditions.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Disability and caring
A monthly payment based on the extra care needs of a child under 16 with a severe disability.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children and family
A monthly payment to support parents and guardians of qualifying children, subject to the scheme conditions.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children and family
A means-tested payment for a parent or guardian who is not cohabiting and is the main carer of a qualifying child.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Income and employment
A means-tested payment for people who are unemployed and meet the availability and job-seeking conditions.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Disability and illness
A payment for eligible people who cannot work in the short term because of illness certified by a doctor.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Disability and illness
A weekly payment for eligible people who cannot work because of a long-term illness or disability and meet the PRSI conditions.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Older people
A State pension based on a person’s social insurance contribution record rather than a means test.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Older people and disability
Free travel on qualifying public transport for people who meet the age, residence or other scheme conditions.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Household costs
Help towards electricity or gas costs and a television licence for households that meet the scheme conditions.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Health
Dental, optical, hearing and other specified benefits for insured people and qualifying dependants who meet the PRSI conditions.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Housing
A means-tested payment for certain people in private rented housing who cannot meet their rent from their own resources.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Urgent and essential costs
A weekly safety-net payment for people whose income is not enough to meet their needs and those of their family.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Social welfare decisions and appeals
The official route to challenge an appealable social-welfare decision, normally within 60 days, with the decision letter, reasons and supporting evidence.
Social Welfare Appeals Office
Official source checked 9 September 2026
Income and employment
A payment for eligible people who become fully unemployed and meet the applicable PRSI and job-seeking conditions.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Older people
A means-tested State pension for eligible people aged 66 or over who are legally and habitually resident in Ireland.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Caring
A payment for insured people who leave work or reduce their hours to provide full-time care.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Disability and illness
A payment for eligible people whose capacity for work is medically assessed as restricted and who are returning to work.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children and family
A payment for eligible employed or self-employed people who are on maternity leave and meet the PRSI conditions.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children and family
A payment for eligible employed or self-employed people who are on paternity leave and meet the PRSI conditions.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children and family
A payment for eligible parents taking parent’s leave from work to care for a young child or recently placed adopted child.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children and family
A contributory or means-tested payment for the benefit of an orphan being cared for by a guardian.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Bereavement
A weekly payment for an eligible bereaved spouse, civil partner or qualified cohabitant where the PRSI conditions are met.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Education and training
Financial support towards eligible further or higher education costs, subject to nationality, residence, income, progression and course conditions.
Student Universal Support Ireland
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Education and training
Income support for people receiving a qualifying payment who take an approved full-time further or higher education course.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Education and training
Help through participating colleges for eligible students experiencing temporary or ongoing financial difficulty.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Higher Education Authority
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Disability and housing
A local-authority grant towards necessary home adaptations or improvements for a disabled person, subject to the scheme conditions.
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Disability and housing
A local-authority grant towards basic home works needed to address a household member’s mobility needs.
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Older people and housing
A local-authority grant towards necessary repairs or improvements for eligible older people living in poor housing conditions.
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Household costs and energy
Fully funded home energy upgrades for eligible homeowners receiving certain social welfare payments, following an assessment of the home.
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
Official source checked 8 September 2026
New arrivals and international protection
A payment for eligible international protection applicants living in, or waiting for, accommodation provided through IPAS.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
New arrivals and temporary protection
A weekly payment for eligible beneficiaries of temporary protection living in designated accommodation centres, subject to the current scheme rules.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Bereavement
A means-tested weekly payment for an eligible bereaved spouse, civil partner or qualified cohabitant who does not qualify for the contributory pension.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Housing emergency
Official guidance directing people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to their local authority, and to the Dublin Region Homeless Executive in Dublin.
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Money and debt
Free, confidential and independent help for people who are in debt or at risk of getting into debt.
Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Money, debt and housing
State-funded financial, insolvency and legal assistance for eligible homeowners dealing with mortgage arrears.
Money Advice and Budgeting Service
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Food and essential needs
Food and basic material assistance delivered through participating not-for-profit organisations for people without income or living in very poor circumstances.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Emergency household costs
Short-term financial assistance following flooding, severe weather or another qualifying emergency that damages a person’s home.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Personal safety
Official information on national helplines, local support services, safety planning and protection for victims and survivors of domestic violence.
Cuan and Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Official source checked 8 September 2026
New arrivals and integration
Local teams connecting international protection applicants, refugees and people from Ukraine with public services, healthcare, education, employment and community supports.
Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Official source checked 8 September 2026
New arrivals and international protection
Official guidance for international protection applicants on accommodation, healthcare, school access, welfare supports and vulnerability services.
International Protection Accommodation Services
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Buying a home
A government-backed mortgage through local authorities for eligible first-time buyers and Fresh Start applicants who can afford repayments.
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Buying and renovating a home
A government-backed loan towards buying and renovating an eligible vacant or derelict home where sufficient commercial finance is unavailable.
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Affordable home purchase
Eligible buyers can purchase certain new local-authority homes at a reduced price while the local authority retains an equity stake.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Buying a council home
Schemes through which eligible local-authority tenants may be able to purchase a qualifying council house or apartment at a discount.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Buying or building a home
A tax refund that may help eligible first-time buyers with the deposit for a qualifying new home or self-build.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Affordable home purchase
A shared-equity facility that may bridge part of the gap between an eligible buyer’s deposit and mortgage and the cost of a qualifying home.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
First Home Scheme Ireland
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Buying or renovating a home
A local-authority grant towards returning an eligible vacant or derelict property to use as a permanent home or rental property.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Self-build home
Participating local authorities may offer serviced sites at a discount for purchasers who will build and occupy their principal home.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Affordable rental housing
Long-term rental homes with rents based on the cost of providing and maintaining the accommodation, subject to eligibility and availability.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Mortgage arrears and housing
A possible social-housing resolution for eligible homeowners whose mortgage is unsustainable and who are at risk of losing their home.
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Council mortgage arrears
A possible resolution for eligible borrowers with an unsustainable local-authority mortgage who are at risk of losing their home.
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Rent and tax
A tax credit that may reduce the Income Tax payable by eligible people who make qualifying rent payments.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Mortgage costs and tax
A time-limited tax credit for eligible taxpayers whose qualifying principal-home mortgage interest increased compared with the scheme’s base year.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Health and medicine costs
Limits what an eligible person or family pays in a calendar month for approved medicines and certain medical-equipment rental costs.
Health Service Executive
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Health and medicine costs
Provides approved medicines and medical or surgical appliances for specified long-term conditions without a means test.
Health Service Executive
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Nursing home care
Financial support towards approved long-term nursing-home care following a care-needs and financial assessment.
Health Service Executive
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Care at home
Needs-assessed personal support that helps older people, and some younger people with particular needs, remain at or return home.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Health Service Executive
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Caring and respite
Guidance for families on local short-break and respite options for a child with a disability, accessed through the child’s service, GP or public health nurse.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Health Service Executive
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Mental health
A free information service explaining available mental-health supports and how to access HSE and HSE-funded services; it is not a counselling line.
Health Service Executive
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Mental health
An official directory of HSE-funded organisations offering helplines, counselling, therapy, support groups and other mental-health services.
Health Service Executive
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Healthcare abroad
A reimbursement route for eligible planned healthcare in another EU or EEA country when the applicable referral and scheme conditions are met.
Health Service Executive
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Healthcare abroad
A prior-approval route for eligible public patients who need treatment that is not available in Ireland.
Health Service Executive
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Disability and transport
VAT and VRT relief, and related vehicle supports, for people who meet the scheme’s severe and permanent physical-disability conditions.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Disability and transport
A parking permit for an eligible driver or passenger whose permanent condition or disability severely restricts their ability to walk.
Department of Transport
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children, education and transport
Transport supports for eligible pupils, including children with special educational needs and certain special transport grants.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Education and Youth
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Family and work
A weekly payment that can help eligible families with children when a parent moves from a qualifying social welfare payment into employment or self-employment.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children, family and work
A means-tested payment for certain lone parents whose youngest child is above the One-Parent Family Payment age limit but under the scheme limit, with modified work conditions.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Farming and income
A means-tested weekly payment for low-income farmers who meet the farming, age and other scheme conditions.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Disability and illness
A means-tested payment for blind and visually impaired people who meet the medical, age, residence and other scheme conditions.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Older people and disability
An extra weekly payment for people who live alone and receive one of the qualifying social welfare payments.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Older people and disability
An automatic extra payment for eligible people receiving a qualifying primary payment together with the Living Alone Increase and Fuel Allowance.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Starting a business
Income support for eligible people on qualifying social welfare payments who receive approval to start a viable self-employed business.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Starting a business
Income support for eligible people who have lost employment, qualify for an applicable jobseeker benefit and receive approval to start a business.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Starting a business
Help with approved business start-up costs for eligible people already approved for the Back to Work Enterprise Allowance or Short-Term Enterprise Allowance.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children and family
A payment for an eligible employed or self-employed adopting parent taking adoptive leave and meeting the PRSI conditions.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Income and self-employment
An insurance-based income support for eligible people who are no longer self-employed and have paid the required Class S PRSI contributions.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Caring and tax
A tax credit for a jointly assessed married couple or civil partners where one person cares for a dependent person and the scheme conditions are met.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children, family and tax
A tax credit and increased rate band that may be available to the primary carer of a qualifying child who is not jointly assessed, married, in a civil partnership or cohabiting.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children, disability and tax
A tax credit for a parent or guardian of a child who meets Revenue’s permanent-incapacity and maintenance conditions.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Caring and tax
A tax credit for eligible taxpayers who substantially maintain a qualifying relative who cannot maintain themselves, subject to the applicable conditions and income limit.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Health costs and tax
Income Tax relief on qualifying health expenses paid by a taxpayer and not reimbursed by insurance, a public body or another source.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Nursing home costs and tax
Income Tax relief on qualifying nursing-home or additional nursing-care expenses actually paid by the taxpayer and not otherwise reimbursed.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Caring and tax
A deduction from taxable income for qualifying costs of employing a person or care provider to care for a person who is totally incapacitated.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Education costs and tax
Tax relief for the person who pays qualifying tuition fees for an approved course at an approved college, subject to the current restrictions and disregard.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Employment costs and tax
Tax relief on the qualifying portion of specified household costs for eligible days worked remotely under an employment arrangement.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Employment costs and tax
An agreed tax deduction for qualifying employment expenses such as tools, uniforms or statutory registration fees in listed occupations.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Housing income and tax
A possible Income Tax, PRSI and USC exemption for qualifying income from longer-term residential letting in a person’s main home, subject to the annual limit and other conditions.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Older people and tax
An annual tax credit for an eligible taxpayer aged 65 or over, or for a qualifying jointly or separately assessed couple where the age condition is met.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Vehicles and VRT
Official guidance on registering a vehicle in Ireland, paying VRT where due and presenting an imported vehicle to the NCTS within the required time limits.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Vehicle imports and VRT
Official guidance on VRT registration and the different VAT, Customs and documentation requirements that can apply to vehicles sourced in Great Britain or Northern Ireland.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
New arrivals, vehicles and VRT
A possible VRT exemption for an eligible person moving their normal residence permanently to Ireland with a qualifying vehicle, while registration is still required.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Vehicles and VRT
A possible temporary exemption from Irish vehicle registration for qualifying foreign-registered vehicles and users who meet Revenue’s residence, ownership and use conditions.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Vehicles and VRT
Official guidance on less common permanent VRT reliefs, including certain inherited vehicles, transfers of business and diplomatic or institutional arrangements.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Vehicles, energy and VRT
A time-limited VRT reduction that Revenue applies automatically at registration for qualifying battery-electric vehicles under the current scheme rules.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Vehicle export and VRT
A possible repayment of residual VRT when an eligible vehicle is examined and then permanently exported from Ireland in accordance with the scheme process.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Retirement transition and income
A payment from age 65 to 66 for eligible people who have stopped employment or self-employment and meet the relevant PRSI contribution conditions.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Reduced working hours and income
A form of Jobseeker’s Benefit for eligible employees temporarily placed on a systematic reduced working week by their employer.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Employment and work experience
A structured placement route for eligible jobseekers who need experience and skills in a role or area where they have not already built substantial experience.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Education, training and employment
Short-term training support that an Employment Personal Adviser or Job Coach may approve when an identified skills gap is blocking an immediate work opportunity.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Workplace death and bereavement
Pension, orphan and funeral supports that may apply when an insured person dies because of a work accident, occupational disease or while receiving a qualifying Disablement Pension.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Workplace injury and caring
An increase to qualifying Disablement Pension for a person who needs daily care because of a work-related accident or occupational disease.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Workplace injury and medical costs
Possible reimbursement of necessary medical costs from a qualifying occupational accident or disease that are not covered by the HSE or Treatment Benefit Scheme.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Workplace death and funeral costs
A once-off grant that may be paid towards funeral expenses when an insured person dies because of a work accident, commuting accident or occupational disease.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Workplace injury and income
A weekly payment for eligible employees who are unable to work because of an occupational accident, commuting accident or prescribed work-related disease.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Workplace injury and disability
A lump sum or pension for an eligible person who loses physical or mental ability because of a work-related accident, commuting accident or prescribed occupational disease.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Pregnancy, work and income
A weekly payment for an eligible pregnant or breastfeeding employee placed on health and safety leave when workplace risks cannot be removed or suitable alternative work provided.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Bereavement and family
A once-off payment for an eligible bereaved spouse, civil partner or qualified cohabitant who has dependent children and meets the qualifying-payment conditions.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Redundancy and employment rights
A safety-net route for eligible employees to receive statutory redundancy when their employer is unable to make the payment.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Employer insolvency and unpaid entitlements
Protection for specified pay and pension entitlements owed to eligible former employees when an employer is legally or, in qualifying cases, deemed insolvent.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Income and employment
A weekly income supplement for eligible long-term Jobseeker’s Allowance recipients who take qualifying part-time employment and remain available for full-time work.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Employment and work experience
Part-time, temporary community placements that help eligible long-term unemployed or otherwise disadvantaged people build work experience and return to employment.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Employment and work experience
Short-term community work placements for eligible unemployed people, delivered locally through development companies and Údarás na Gaeltachta.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Rural employment and income
Part-time community work and supplementary income for eligible underemployed farmers and fishers receiving a qualifying social welfare payment.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Disability and employment
Workplace supports that can help eligible disabled jobseekers, employees and self-employed people get or keep work by reducing disability-related barriers.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Disability and employment
Locally delivered employment guidance, job matching and in-work support for people whose health condition, injury, illness or disability affects employment.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children and health
Free GP visits for children under 8 who live in Ireland, once the child is registered for the scheme with a participating GP.
Health Service Executive
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Caring and health
Free GP visits for people receiving Carer’s Benefit or Carer’s Allowance, subject to registration and the current scheme conditions.
Health Service Executive
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Older people and health
Free GP visits for people aged 70 or over who live in Ireland, with medical-card eligibility assessed separately where relevant.
Health Service Executive
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children, disability and health
A medical-card registration route for a child where Domiciliary Care Allowance is being paid for that child.
Health Service Executive
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Disability and income
A means-tested HSE payment for eligible adults who are blind or visually impaired and meet the residence and income conditions.
Health Service Executive
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Disability services and rights
A statutory process to identify a person’s disability-related health and education needs and the services required to meet them; it is not required before seeking disability services.
Health Service Executive
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children and disability services
A referral route for children and young people with disability-related needs; a diagnosis or Assessment of Need is not required to make a referral.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Health Service Executive
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children, education and food
Funding provided through participating schools and organisations to supply food to schoolchildren; families access it through the participating school rather than applying individually.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Education, training and employment
A route that may allow an eligible jobseeker to keep their payment while taking an approved part-time day or evening course, with Intreo approval required before starting.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Healthcare abroad and waiting lists
A reimbursement route for eligible planned treatment from a private healthcare provider in Northern Ireland, where the person pays upfront and applies to the HSE afterwards.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Health Service Executive
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Health and prescribed treatment
A funding application route for specified cannabis-based products prescribed by an eligible medical consultant, subject to clinical and scheme requirements.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Health Service Executive
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Women’s health and treatment abroad
An interim route for eligible patients on an Irish waiting list to receive consultant-recommended endometriosis surgery at an approved centre abroad, with HSE approval required before booking.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Health Service Executive
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Social housing
The local-authority assessment route for households that cannot provide suitable accommodation from their own resources and meet the housing-need and eligibility conditions.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Local authorities
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Social housing and housing bodies
Explains how not-for-profit Approved Housing Bodies provide social and specialist housing, normally through the same local-authority social-housing application route.
The Housing Agency
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Housing body verification
The statutory register used to confirm whether a housing association, co-operative or other organisation is currently registered as an Approved Housing Body.
Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Specialist and local housing
A directory of housing bodies operating around Ireland, including providers supporting general needs, older people, disabled people and people experiencing homelessness.
Irish Council for Social Housing
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Affordable rental housing
A national starting point for Cost Rental homes offered by Approved Housing Bodies, local authorities and the Land Development Agency.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
The Housing Agency
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Cost Rental provider
Current and upcoming Clúid Cost Rental opportunities, eligibility information, unit suitability, required documents and launch notifications.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Clúid Housing
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Cost Rental provider
Respond Cost Rental eligibility, open schemes and its online application and lottery process.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Respond
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Cost Rental provider
Tuath Cost Rental opportunities, registration alerts, time-limited applications, documents, lottery and assessment stages.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Tuath Housing
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Cost Rental provider
Circle Cost Rental information and advertised housing opportunities for eligible households.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Circle Voluntary Housing Association
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Cost Rental provider
Oaklee Cost Rental eligibility, upcoming developments, application dates, document preparation and registration of interest.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Oaklee Housing
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Cost Rental provider
LDA Cost Rental eligibility, household-size rules, affordability assessment and current development application windows.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Land Development Agency
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Social and co-operative housing
Information about the journey to a Co-operative Housing Ireland home and services for existing member tenants.
Co-operative Housing Ireland
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Social housing applications and offers
Explains what happens after a social-housing application is accepted, how allocations work and how participating councils advertise homes through Choice Based Letting.
The Housing Agency
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Housing-body tenancy support
Official guidance on Approved Housing Body tenancies, registration, rent arrangements and the protections available through the Residential Tenancies Board.
Residential Tenancies Board
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Private renting and rent reviews
The official rules and calculator for checking the maximum permitted rent increase, based on when the tenancy started and the applicable rent-review rules.
Residential Tenancies Board
Official source checked 9 September 2026
Social housing and rent
A local-authority social-housing support for certain households receiving long-term Rent Supplement who are assessed as having a long-term housing need.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Local authorities
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Homelessness and complex needs
Permanent housing with intensive health and social support for people who have experienced long-term homelessness or rough sleeping and have complex support needs.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Local authorities and Health Service Executive
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Homelessness prevention and renting
A temporary acquisition route that may protect an eligible private tenant at risk of homelessness because their landlord intends to sell, where the household is not receiving social-housing support.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Housing Agency and local authorities
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Homelessness prevention and social housing
A targeted last-resort route through which a local authority may consider purchasing a rented home to prevent an eligible social-housing household with a valid notice of termination becoming homeless.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Local authorities
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Renting rights and disputes
Mediation or adjudication for qualifying disputes involving matters such as termination notices, rent reviews, deposits, arrears, illegal eviction and property standards.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Residential Tenancies Board
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Home defects and remediation
Financial support for eligible owners to remediate a dwelling damaged by defective concrete blocks in a designated local-authority area.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Home defects and remediation
A last-resort remediation scheme for eligible homes with qualifying pyritic damage where the homeowner has no other practicable means of redress.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Pyrite Resolution Board and Housing Agency
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Essential heating costs
A discretionary payment towards additional essential home-heating costs caused by the ill-health or infirmity of the applicant or a dependant.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Recurring essential costs
Discretionary weekly or monthly assistance with necessary recurring costs that cannot reasonably be met from household income, including qualifying ongoing travel expenses.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Domestic violence and emergency travel
Help with essential travel costs for a person experiencing domestic violence, with the usual means and employment tests set aside for the initial support period under the current protocol.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Home energy and household costs
Grants for eligible homeowners and other qualifying property owners carrying out individual measures such as insulation, heating controls, heat pumps or solar energy upgrades.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Home energy and household costs
A managed whole-home energy-upgrade route where a registered provider coordinates assessment, grant applications and works and deducts eligible grants upfront.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Home energy finance
Government-supported lower-cost finance from participating lenders for qualifying SEAI-supported residential energy upgrades; borrowing and lender credit checks apply.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Home energy and supplier support
Additional energy-upgrade support that participating obligated energy suppliers may provide, commonly alongside SEAI grants and approved upgrade coordinators.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Medical needs and household energy
Free solar-panel installation for qualifying homeowners whose household is registered in the life-support category of an electricity supplier’s Priority Services Register.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Energy bills and debt
Consumer protections for domestic electricity and gas customers in payment difficulty, including reasonable repayment arrangements and protection from disconnection while engaging under the Energy Engage Code.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Commission for Regulation of Utilities
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Medical needs and essential utilities
Additional communication and disconnection protections for eligible households registered as vulnerable with their electricity, gas or water provider.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Commission for Regulation of Utilities
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Community and home energy
Capital support for energy-efficiency projects assembled and managed by a community project coordinator, which can include eligible homes, community buildings and local organisations.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Legal help
Legal advice and representation for people who qualify in covered civil matters, including family law, subject to the financial and legal-merits tests.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Legal Aid Board
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Family and legal help
A no-cost, confidential mediation service for families who are separating, divorcing or living apart and want help reaching agreements.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Legal Aid Board
Official source checked 8 September 2026
New arrivals and legal help
Priority legal advice, counselling and representation for people applying for international protection in Ireland.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Legal Aid Board
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Legal information
Basic legal information and referrals by telephone. The service provides information rather than legal advice on an individual case.
Free Legal Advice Centres
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Information, advice and advocacy
Free, impartial information, advice and advocacy through a nationwide network of centres and the Citizens Information Phone Service.
Citizens Information Board
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Victims of crime
A confidential national helpline for anyone affected by crime, whether or not the crime was reported, with information on rights and local or specialist supports.
Crime Victims Helpline and Department of Justice
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Victims of crime
A national directory of specialist services for victims of crime, including child, counselling, domestic violence, homicide, sexual violence and court supports.
Victims Charter
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Personal safety and health
Official information on medical care, Sexual Assault Treatment Units, rape crisis services, reporting options and support after recent or past sexual violence.
Victims Charter
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Victims of crime and compensation
Compensation for eligible vouched financial losses and expenses arising from personal injuries caused by a violent crime; it does not compensate for pain and suffering or damaged property.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Equality and discrimination
The formal complaint route for alleged discrimination in access to goods, services, accommodation or education under the Equal Status Acts.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Workplace Relations Commission
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Work and discrimination
The formal complaint route for alleged discrimination in employment under the Employment Equality Acts.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Workplace Relations Commission
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Equality and discrimination
Plain-language information on rights and complaint routes for discrimination in work, services, housing, education and other covered settings.
Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
Official source checked 8 September 2026
New arrivals and immigration
Official information on first-time registration, renewal and the Irish Residence Permit for people granted permission to stay in Ireland.
Immigration Service Delivery
Official source checked 8 September 2026
New arrivals and international protection
The official starting point for people who cannot safely return to their country of origin and may need refugee status or subsidiary protection in Ireland.
International Protection Office
Official source checked 8 September 2026
New arrivals and temporary protection
Official arrival, permission, PPS Number, income-support and service information for people coming to Ireland under the EU Temporary Protection Directive.
Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children and childcare
A free, universal two-year preschool programme for children within the eligible age range, delivered through participating early-learning services.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children, disability and childcare
Universal and targeted supports that help children with disabilities participate meaningfully in the ECCE preschool programme; a diagnosis is not required.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Access and Inclusion Model
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children and childcare
Local advice for parents and guardians on childcare options, participating services and help accessing national early-learning and childcare schemes.
Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children, family and legal help
Official guidance, guidelines and a calculator to help parents understand, agree or pursue financial support for their children.
Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children and family support
Community-based family support, including family support workers, local Family Resource Centres, support groups, counselling and referrals for families experiencing difficulties.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Tusla
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children and education
Educational Welfare Officers work with children, families and schools where a child is experiencing difficulty with school attendance, participation or retention.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Tusla Education Support Service
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children, disability and education
Temporary home-tuition support in specified circumstances, including significant medical or special educational needs, no available school place, children in care and maternity-related absence.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Education and Youth
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Children and education costs
School-provided books and specified classroom resources that remove qualifying schoolbook costs for pupils in recognised primary, special and Free Education Scheme post-primary schools.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Education and Youth
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Older people and personal safety
Grant-supported personal emergency alarms for eligible people aged 65 or over, accessed through a registered local community group.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Older people, food and independent living
A searchable national directory of local organisations providing meals and community contact to older or vulnerable people; availability and charges are set locally.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
National Meals on Wheels Network
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Carers and pensions
An application route for Long-Term Carers Contributions, the Homemaker’s Scheme and HomeCaring Periods that may protect a carer’s State Pension contribution record.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Decision-making and future planning
Information, registration and oversight for decision-support arrangements, enduring powers of attorney and advance healthcare directives.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Decision Support Service
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Older people
A presidential congratulatory message and award for eligible people reaching their 100th birthday, with further awards at later qualifying birthdays.
President’s Establishment
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Workplace rights and complaints
The official route for workers to raise possible breaches such as unpaid wages, missing payslips, working-time issues, leave entitlements or minimum-wage problems for WRC assessment.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Workplace Relations Commission
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Pay and workplace rights
Official guidance for employees and employers on who is covered by the national minimum wage, how hourly pay is calculated and how to address possible underpayment.
Workplace Relations Commission
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Leave and workplace rights
Official guidance on how statutory paid annual leave is earned, calculated and treated during illness or when employment ends.
Workplace Relations Commission
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Leave and workplace rights
Official guidance on statutory sick leave, qualifying service, medical certification, payment rules and the WRC complaint route where an entitlement is not provided.
Workplace Relations Commission
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Safety, leave and workplace rights
Confidential official guidance on paid leave that may help an employee experiencing domestic violence, or supporting a relevant person, to access safety, medical, legal or Garda services.
Workplace Relations Commission
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Parents and workplace rights
Official guidance on unpaid parental leave for eligible employees, including service, child-age, notice and employment-protection conditions.
Workplace Relations Commission
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Carers and workplace rights
Official guidance on protected unpaid leave from employment for an eligible worker providing full-time care to a person certified as needing it.
Workplace Relations Commission
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Education, training and employment
A national course finder for current further-education and training opportunities, including full-time, part-time, online, evening and blended options.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
SOLAS and Education and Training Boards
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Education, training and employment
Flexible part-time, government-funded further education for eligible adults, generally from foundation learning through Level 6, with local courses and entry conditions.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Education and Training Boards
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Young people, education and training
Integrated education, training and work experience for eligible unemployed early school leavers aged 15 to 20, with training allowances under current rules.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Education and Training Boards
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Education, training and employment
Information on earning while learning through an approved apprenticeship, exploring occupations and finding the employer-led route into a programme.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
National Apprenticeship Office
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Higher education and reskilling
Free or heavily subsidised higher-education courses in areas of skills need, with eligibility, contribution levels, places and intakes depending on current programme rules.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Higher Education Authority
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Adult learning and essential skills
Confidential help for adults who want to improve reading, writing, maths or basic digital skills through free learning and referral options.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
National Adult Literacy Agency
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Education, training and employment
A government guide to learning, reskilling and funding routes for school leavers, jobseekers, employed people and people returning to education.
Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Employment and disability inclusion
A wage subsidy for eligible employers who hire a disabled employee whose role or tasks require significant adaptation because of disability or a health condition.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Recruitment and employment
A payment to eligible employers who recruit a qualifying unemployed person into full-time employment and meet the scheme conditions.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Social Protection
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Farming and direct payments
The principal CAP direct-income support for active farmers with eligible hectares and payment entitlements, subject to the annual application and scheme conditions.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Farming and direct payments
An annual CAP payment that redistributes support towards the first hectares of eligible active farms and is claimed with the BISS application.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Farming, climate and environment
A voluntary annual payment for active farmers who carry out qualifying agricultural practices that benefit climate, water quality, biodiversity or the environment.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Farming, climate and environment
A CAP agri-environment scheme providing action-based or results-based support to participating farmers under the General and Co-operation approaches.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Farm investment grants
A set of competitive grant schemes supporting eligible on-farm capital investments, including safety, animal welfare, nutrient storage, low-emission equipment and sector-specific investments.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Organic farming
Financial support for eligible farmers converting to or maintaining organic production under EU organic standards and the current scheme requirements.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Farming and area-based payments
An area-based payment for eligible farmers working designated land affected by natural or specific constraints, claimed through the annual BISS application.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Young farmers
A time-limited area-based payment for eligible young farmers who are establishing as head of a holding and meet the agricultural-education and BISS conditions.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Official source checked 8 September 2026
New farmers
A route for eligible new farmers to receive BISS payment entitlements or a top-up to the national average value, subject to annual conditions.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Sheep farming and animal welfare
An annual payment for eligible sheep farmers who apply on time and complete the selected animal-welfare actions and record-keeping requirements.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Suckler farming and sustainability
A CAP support for participating suckler farmers who complete the required breeding, data, weighing, replacement and training actions during the programme period.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Official source checked 9 September 2026
Dairy-beef farming and animal welfare
A multi-year support for eligible dairy farmers using qualifying dairy-beef breeding measures; entry dates, rollover rules and annual compliance requirements apply.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Official source checked 9 September 2026
Dairy-beef farming and animal welfare
An annual scheme supporting eligible farmers to weigh qualifying dairy-beef calves and submit the required data within the scheme deadlines.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Official source checked 9 September 2026
Sheep farming and animal welfare
A CAP scheme for participating sheep farmers who complete specified flock-welfare actions; it is separate from the annual National Sheep Welfare Scheme.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Official source checked 9 September 2026
Tillage and protein crops
An annual coupled-income support for eligible protein crops claimed through the BISS and other area-based schemes application.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Official source checked 9 September 2026
Tillage and climate
An annual payment for eligible tillage farmers who chop and incorporate straw from approved crops under the current scheme conditions.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Official source checked 9 September 2026
Farm energy costs
A time-limited income-support scheme for eligible active farmers and agricultural or forestry contractors facing exceptional marked-gas-oil costs.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Animal disease and farm emergencies
Valuation, income, hardship and depopulation supports that may compensate eligible herd owners for specified losses arising from a bovine TB breakdown.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Forestry and farm diversification
Current forestry grants and annual-premium schemes that may support eligible farmers and landowners establishing, maintaining or improving forests and woodlands.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Farm partnerships and succession
A competitive grant towards qualifying legal, advisory and financial costs of establishing an eligible new Registered Farm Partnership that includes a young farmer.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Farm advice and training
Paid advisory and specialist support for full-time and part-time farmers on farm business management, technical performance and enterprise development.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Teagasc
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Farming and tax
A tax deduction linked to qualifying increases in farm trading stock, with different relief routes for farmers, Registered Farm Partnerships and eligible young trained farmers.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Farm restructuring and tax
A possible Capital Gains Tax relief where qualifying farmland transactions, certified by Teagasc, reduce fragmentation and improve the operation and viability of a farm.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Farm transfer, succession and tax
Official guidance on agricultural Stamp Duty reliefs, including qualifying family transfers, young trained farmers, farmland leases and consolidation arrangements.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Farm succession and tax
A possible Capital Gains Tax relief for eligible people disposing of qualifying farm or business assets, including certain transfers to a child or outside the family.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Business advice
Local advice, mentoring, training and financial supports with different eligibility rules.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Local Enterprise Office
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Business finance
Government-supported finance for eligible microenterprises. Borrowing costs apply.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Microfinance Ireland
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Business tax
Official guidance for businesses experiencing difficulty paying tax.
Revenue
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Business energy
Energy audits, upgrade grants and other energy supports for eligible organisations.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Business energy and sustainability
A grant towards eligible sustainability equipment and technologies identified in a qualifying Green for Business, GreenStart or SEAI energy-audit report.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Local Enterprise Office
Official source checked 9 September 2026
Innovation and research
Support for an eligible Irish-registered SME to work with a registered knowledge provider on an innovation question, subject to company and project conditions.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Enterprise Ireland
Official source checked 9 September 2026
Start-up finance and investment
Convertible-loan-note investment for eligible early-stage start-ups with an MVP, clear value proposition and international growth potential.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Enterprise Ireland
Official source checked 9 September 2026
Business growth
Export-readiness support for eligible Irish businesses entering new markets.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Enterprise Ireland
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Business rescue
A formal rescue process that may apply to viable small or micro companies in temporary financial difficulty.
Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Digital transformation
Expert help for eligible businesses to assess digital needs and identify practical improvements.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Local Enterprise Office
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Digital transformation
Financial support for eligible small businesses to adopt digital tools following the required digital assessment.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Local Enterprise Office
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Skills and training
Subsidised workforce development and training delivered through sectoral and regional business networks.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Skillnet Ireland
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Business finance
A route to current government-supported finance products delivered through participating lending partners. Borrowing costs and lender decisions apply.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Vacant property and social housing
An interest-free repair loan and long-term lease arrangement for an eligible vacant property that can be brought up to rental standards and used for social housing.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Local authorities and approved housing bodies
Official source checked 8 September 2026
Property leasing and social housing
A route for owners of suitable vacant homes to enter a long-term lease with a local authority for social-housing use and receive an agreed proportion of market rent.
Current-window check required: do not assume applications are open. Confirm the live status, deadline and available funding on the official page before acting.
Local authorities
Official source checked 8 September 2026
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