S.I. No. 443/1985 - Social Welfare (Supplementary Welfare Allowances) Regulations, 1985.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Supplementary Welfare Allowances) Regulations, 1985.

(2) The collective citation "the Social Welfare (Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations, 1977 to 1985" shall include these Regulations.

2. The total amount to be paid by all local authorities under subsection (1) of

section 218

of the

Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981

in respect of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1985 shall be £14,100,000.

3. The amounts payable under subsection (3) of

section 218

of the

Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981

in respect of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 1985 by each local authority mentioned in column (1) of the Table to this article shall not exceed the amounts set out in column (2) of the Table opposite such mention in column (1).

Table

(1)

(2)

£

The Right Honourable, The Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin

997,383

Dublin County Council

296,310

Kildare County Council

121,619

Wicklow County Council

105,521

Laoighis County Council

65,865

Offaly County Council

65,228

Westmeath County Council

65,453

Longford County Council

59,692

ClareCounty Council

42,378

The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Limerick

14,387

Limerick County Council

50,745

Tipperary North Riding County Council

36,656

Cavan County Council

49,445

Louth County Council

81,267

Meath County Council

87,606

Monaghan County Council

47,001

Donegal County Council

184,594

Leitrim County Council

57,102

Sligo County Council

80,580

Carlow County Council

72,642

Kilkenny County Council

118,427

Tipperary South Riding County Council

136,098

The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Waterford

54,360

Waterford County Council

70,621

Wexford County Council

122,598

The Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of Cork

56,306

Cork County Council

131,966

Kerry County Council

79,434

Galway County Council

158,680

Mayo County Council

100,600

Roscommon County Council

46,723

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this

23rd day of December, 1985.

BARRY DESMOND,

Minister for Social Welfare.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this 23rd day

of December, 1985.

ALAN DUKES,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations prescribe the total amount to be paid by all local authorities to Health Boards in respect of Health Board expenditure on supplementary welfare allowances for the year 1985. The amount prescribed represents an increase of 5.44% on the amount of £14,700,000 prescribed for 1984 less a sum of £1,400,000 in respect of a reduction in contributions payable by local authorities.

They also prescribe the maximum amounts payable by each local authority for the year 1985 in respect of the Health Boards' administration costs of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme.

S.I. No. 443 of 1985.

SOCIAL WELFARE (SUPPLEMENTARY WELFARE ALLOWANCES) REGULATIONS, 1985.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation)Act, 1981 (No. 1 of 1981) and by subsection (9) of section 218 of that Act (inserted by

section 15

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1983

(No. 6 of 1983)) after consultation with the Minister for the Environment and with the consent of the Minister for Finance hereby makes the following regulations:—