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• Your FIS payment is not taxed.

• Your FIS payment is not counted as income when you are considered for a medical card.

• FIS is counted when assessing entitlement to Rent or Mortgage supplement from your Health Service Executive office.

• You cannot get FIS if you are taking part in a Community Employment Scheme or other FÁS Schemes (except Job Initiative and Community Service Programme).

• If you are a local authority tenant, contact your local authority to see if your rent will change.

• For more information on the national minimum wage, contact the National Employment Rights Authority.
  LoCall: 1890 80 80 90 (from the Republic of Ireland only) or telephone +353 59 91 78990 (from Northern Ireland or overseas).

Other useful booklets:

• Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance SW 75

• Fuel Allowance SW 17

• Rates of Payment SW 19

• Smokeless Fuel Allowance SW 17a

• Supplementary Welfare Allowance SW 54