International Protection Act 2026

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PART 4

RECEPTION CONDITIONS

Chapter 1

Definitions and application

Definitions (Part 4)

73. In this Part—

“accommodation centre” means any place in which applicants are collectively housed in accommodation allocated under section 76 ;

“clothing allowance” means the clothing provided to an applicant by way of supplementary welfare allowance under section 201 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 ;

“daily expenses allowance” means that part of the material reception conditions that constitutes a weekly payment made, under a scheme administered by the Minister for Social Protection, to an applicant in order for the applicant to meet incidental personal expenses;

“family member”, in relation to an applicant, means the following persons who were members of the applicant’s family before the applicant arrived on the territory of the Member States and who are present in the State during the procedure for international protection:

(a) the spouse or civil partner of the applicant or the applicant’s unmarried partner in a stable relationship;

(b) the minor children of the couple referred to in paragraph (a) or of the applicant;

(c) the unmarried adult dependent children of the couple referred to in paragraph (a) or of the applicant;

(d) where the applicant is a minor—

(i) the applicant’s father or mother or another adult responsible under law for the applicant, including an adult sibling of the minor, and

(ii) the minor children of the applicant’s father or mother;

“house rules” means the house rules made under section 83 ;

“material reception conditions” means—

(a) accommodation, food, personal hygiene products and associated benefits provided in kind,

(b) a daily expenses allowance, and

(c) the clothing allowance.