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Special assistance

Kela may grant special assistance towards necessary and reasonable expenses that you have paid for yourself, for example the following:

  • other than minor healthcare expenses (e.g. prescribed drugs, healthcare centre fees, outpatient clinic charges, hospital charges in public healthcare, dental expenses, and the cost of eye examinations and the purchase of eyeglasses)
  • child care expenses (including for instance pram, pushchair, bed or infant car seat at the average price level) and day care expenses
  • the interest on a student loan taken out by a family member of the conscript
  • moving costs
  • burial costs
  • commuting costs exceeding €750 per year.

Special assistance is not available towards the purchase of furniture, home appliances etc. for a new home or the repair of appliances. Further, no assistance is available towards child care costs if the child is born after the month in which the conscript service ended.

Eligibility for special assistance requires that the costs are not covered by the basic assistance and that you have not been granted other compensation towards them.

The special assistance covers only the reasonable costs that you have to meet yourself, and only to the extent that they are payable during the conscript service or the month in which the service ends. It is therefore important to claim it during the month in which you made a qualifying purchase or a bill is due.

Who can get?

Special assistance is paid to the spouse/partner and children of the person performing conscript or other service. It is not paid to the person performing their service.

You qualify as a family member if you are

  • a married spouse or registered partner
  • a cohabiting partner who has a child with the person in active service
  • a child who is in the custody of the person in active service.

Cohabiting partners are not considered family members if they do not have a child with the person performing their service.

Married spouses or registered partners cannot get special assistance if they have moved out of the dwelling they have shared with their spouse or partner because the relationship has ended.

Payment

Kela pays special assistance on any day on which banks are open for business.

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Last modified 16/3/2024