Question 10766 — family benefits

Summary

Ms. Andrée Taurinya questions the Minister of Labor and Solidarity on the conditions for payment of the AEEH supplement following instruction IT 2024-233 from the National Family Allowance Fund (CNAF) for family allowance funds. As a reminder, the AEEH is financial assistance intended to compensate for expenses linked to the disability situation of a child under 20 years old, whether these are monthly expenses (care, education), hiring a third person or need to reduce professional activity to look after the child. It is an essential resource for families, in order to adapt their daily lives to a particular situation which often requires high expenses. The question of inclusion indeed requires the commitment of significant resources in order to respond to the specific needs of the child and to offer them activities adapted. The AEEH therefore aims to ensure the care of the child but not only. CNAF instruction IT 2024-233, by removing the AEEH in the event of cessation of work due to sick leave, maternity leave, loss of job or disability of the helping parent, thus poses problems from two points of view. On the one hand, it implies that a cessation of professional activity, whatever the reason, makes the parent available full time to keep his or her child, eliminating the need to hire a third person. This is not in line with the reality experienced by families. Sick leave requires care and rest that are incompatible with full-time childcare. The CNAF understood this by publishing the circular of July 2025 recognizing the possible accumulation between AEEH supplement and daily allowances for work stoppage linked to an illness or accident. work. The other scenarios nevertheless remain unanswered. An unemployed person must devote time to job searching and job interviews. Not only does her income drop following job loss, but she also loses her supplement and finds herself hampered in her job search: it's the triple penalty. A person on maternity leave needs to rest: how can you imagine, at eight months pregnant, ensuring full custody of a child with a disability without help from a third person? The child's needs remain the same but the mother loses her supplement, leading to great financial insecurity as a new birth approaches. Finally, a person on disability, unable to work, cannot be considered at the same time capable of caring for a child full-time without support. While this one was made possible by the complement, it becomes impossible by its removal. Furthermore, as indicated previously, the AEEH does not only compensate childcare costs but also other costs linked to disability. Even if a person is able to look after their child without the need to hire a third person, other costs persist and the absence of AEEH supplement prevents them from being covered. It is therefore a a profoundly unfair measure, hindering the inclusion of children with disabilities by putting parents who already face numerous constraints in difficulty. She therefore asks her if she intends to take measures to repeal this CNAF instruction IT 2024-233.

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