Written Answer by Mr Lim Swee Say, Minister for Manpower, to Parliamentary Question on extension of Foreign Domestic Worker levy concession to persons/siblings with major illnesses or medical conditions

Notice Paper No.811 Of 2017 For The Sitting On 11 September 2017

Question No.585 for Written Answer

MP: Mr Patrick Tay Teck Guan

To ask the Minister for Manpower whether the foreign domestic worker levy concession can be extended to persons with major illnesses or medical conditions and their ill siblings.

Answer

The concession is already available today. Households with the following family members will be eligible for a foreign domestic worker levy concession:

a) Elderly aged 65 and above;

b) Children below the age of 16; or

c) Persons certified by authorised healthcare professionals to require assistance with at least one Activity of Daily Living (ADL). Examples of ADL include showering, dressing, feeding or toileting.