Child Benefit

My sister had a baby in the Canary Islands in 2005, should she be entitled to child benefit? She never thought so up to recently when someone mentioned it to her. Baby has an Irish passport not a spanish one.

Mrst said:

My sister had a baby in the Canary Islands in 2005, should she be entitled to child benefit? She never thought so up to recently when someone mentioned it to her. Baby has an Irish passport not a spanish one.

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Child Benefit and EU Regulations

EU/EEA citizens and Swiss nationals working in Ireland, satisfy the habitual residence condition for Child Benefit.
If you are an EU/EEA citizen or a Swiss national and work in a country covered by EU Regulations, this country usually pays Child Benefit even if your family is living in another country. However, if your children are living in another EU/EEA country you should still apply for any Family Benefit you are entitled to there. If the Family Benefit you get in the country your children are living is less than the Child Benefit payment here, your Child Benefit payment will make up the difference. For more information on how EU rules affect Child Benefit, contact Child Benefit Section (see 'Where to apply' below).

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/c...yments-to-families-and-children/child_benefit

If she lives in Ireland, yes.
If she lives elsewhere, no.
The passport of the child has no relevance, only the home of the parent.