4. Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 is amended—

(a) in paragraph 1, by the insertion of the following definition:

“ ‘relevant payment’ means, in relation to a person, a payment or payments made to the person under the Scheme, made by the Government in December 2013 and for the time being administered by the Minister for Justice and Equality, providing for the making of ex-gratia payments to women who were admitted to and worked in a relevant institution within the meaning of the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Act 2015, and includes any benefit provided under that Scheme;”

and

(b) the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph 11:

“12. For the purposes of carrying out a financial assessment under Part 1 or 1A of a person who is not a member of a couple, any relevant payment made to the person shall be disregarded.

13. For the purposes of carrying out a financial assessment under Part 2 or 2A of a person who is a member of a couple, any relevant payment made to such person or the other member of the couple, shall be disregarded.”.