(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (5), an annual grant (in this Act referred to as a "carer's support grant") in the amount €1,850 shall be payable to a carer in respect of each relevant person in his or her care and only one such annual grant shall be payable in respect of a relevant person.
(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a grant shall not be payable to a carer where -
(a) he or she engages in employment, self-employment, or any course of education or training, or
(b) he or she is entitled to or in receipt of jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed) or jobseeker's allowance, or
(c) he or she is a person to whom article 58 of the Regulations of 1996 applies in respect of proven unemployment, or
(d) [deleted]
(e) the relevant person is resident in an institution.
(3) The Minister may by regulations provide that a carer may engage in employment, self-employment, or any course of education or training subject to the limitations in relation to the hours or re
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