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Dublin Live
09-07-2025
- General
- Dublin Live
Social welfare Ireland: Exact groups eligible for free TV licence and €420 a year before age 70
If you are aged over 70 in Ireland you are entitled to a free TV licence. There are specific social welfare groups that are eligible for a free TV licence before they turn 70 and also receive a payment worth €420 a year. The Household Benefits Package is designed to assist with your electricity or gas bill and the TV licence. All those aged 70 and up automatically qualify for the payment. Some people under 70 can avail of the HBP, though additional conditions apply, reports RSVP Live. Here's how to qualify: How to qualify? If you are under 70 and living with your spouse, cohabitant or civil partner, you can get the HBP if you are getting a qualifying social welfare payment and: You are getting an increase in your qualifying social welfare payment for them, or They are getting their own qualifying social welfare payment listed below, or They are getting a social welfare payment not listed below and they satisfy a means test You can live with other adults (who are not your spouse, cohabitant or civil partner) and get the HBP. You are between 66 and 70: State Pension (Contributory) State Pension (Non-Contributory) Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Contributory) Pension Deserted Wife's Benefit Carer's Allowance (full or half-rate payment), but you must be living with the person you are caring for. An ordinary Garda Widow's Pension from the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration An equivalent Social Security Pension or Benefit from a country covered by EU Regulations or from a country with which Ireland has a Bilateral Social Security Agreement If you are aged between 66 and 70 and not getting one of the payments above, you may qualify for the Household Benefits Package if you pass a means test Qualifying social welfare payments if you are under 66: Disability Allowance Invalidity Pension Blind Pension Incapacity Supplement (for at least 12 months) with Disablement Pension (for at least 12 months) Carer's Allowance (full or half-rate payment), but you must be living with the person you are caring for. An equivalent Social Security Pension or Benefit from a country covered by EU Regulations, or from a country with which Ireland has a Bilateral Social Security Agreement What is covered by the Household Benefits Package? There are 2 allowances in the Household Benefits Package: Allowance 1 Electricity Allowance of €35 monthly (€1.15 per day) or Natural Gas Allowance of €35 monthly (€1.15 per day) Allowance 2 Free Television Licence Electricity or Gas Allowance If you have an electricity and natural gas supply, you must choose between the Electricity Allowance and Gas Allowance. You can choose only one. The Allowance does not cover the cost of installing an electricity or natural gas supply to your home. Free Television Licence Once you qualify for the Household Benefits Package, you can get a Free Television (TV) Licence from your next TV Licence renewal date. To get your Free TV Licence, you must select the Television Licence option on the HBP form when you apply. You can find out more about it here. Join our Dublin Live breaking news service on WhatsApp. Click this link to receive your daily dose of Dublin Live content. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. For all the latest news from Dublin and surrounding areas visit our homepage.
Asharq Al-Awsat
07-07-2025
- Business
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Apple Takes Fight Against $587 Million EU Antitrust Fine to Court
Apple took a challenge against EU regulators to Europe's second highest court on Monday after they fined it 500 million euros ($587 million) earlier this year for breaching landmark rules aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech. The European Commission in a decision in April said the iPhone maker's technical and commercial restrictions that prevent app developers from steering users to cheaper deals outside the App Store breached the Digital Markets Act.
CNA
07-07-2025
- Business
- CNA
Apple takes fight against $587 million EU antitrust fine to court
BRUSSELS :Apple took a challenge against EU regulators to Europe's second highest court on Monday after they fined it 500 million euros ($587 million) earlier this year for breaching landmark rules aimed at curbing the power of Big Tech. The European Commission in a decision in April said the iPhone maker's technical and commercial restrictions that prevent app developers from steering users to cheaper deals outside the App Store breached the Digital Markets Act. ($1 = 0.8522 euros)
Wall Street Journal
30-06-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
Apple to Delay Some Feature Rollouts in EU, Citing Regulatory Hurdles
Apple AAPL -0.14%decrease; red down pointing triangle said it will delay offering some planned new features to users in the European Union this year because regulations are making it harder to bring them to market in the region. The company's lawyers said on Monday that tools such as a 'visited places' service that tracks and records where users have been won't be rolled out in the EU when it releases its iOS 26 software update later this year.
TechCrunch
27-06-2025
- Business
- TechCrunch
Germany tells Apple, Google to remove DeepSeek from the country's app stores
In Brief Germany has told Apple and Google to remove Chinese AI app DeepSeek from their app stores in the country, saying the app transfers users' information to China illegally, Reuters reported. Meike Kamp, Germany's data protection commissioner, told the companies that DeepSeek did not provide 'convincing evidence' that users' data was protected as required by EU laws, the report said. 'Chinese authorities have far-reaching access rights to personal data within the sphere of influence of Chinese companies,' Kamp said, adding that the two tech firms must now decide whether to remove the app. Kamp said that her office had asked DeepSeek to comply with EU laws for transferring data outside the bloc or pull its app from the country, but the Chinese company did not do so. Italy earlier this year banned DeepSeek from app stores in the country, citing similar data protection concerns. Notably, two key details about DeepSeek that consumer privacy advocate groups in the EU highlighted are that the service is made in and operates out of China. Per its privacy policy, this includes the information and data that DeepSeek collects and stores, which is also housed in its home country. Apple and Google did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
