SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1990 (1990_act_5) | IE

ISB Act 1990-04-04

Schedule 1 SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1990 Open official source

SCHEDULE A

Section 3.

“Second Schedule

Rates of Benefits

PART I

Rates of Periodical Benefits and Increases Thereof

Description of benefit

Weekly rate

Increase for adult dependant (where payable)

Increase for each of first and second qualified children (where payable)

Increase for each qualified child in excess of two (where payable)

Increase for prescribed relative under section 50 (11), 51 (2), 81 (3), 86 (3), 91 (3), 95 (2) or 103 (2) (where payable)

Increase where the person has attained pensionable age and is living alone (where payable)

Increase where the person has attained the age of 80 years (where payable)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

£

1. (A) Disability Benefit and Unemployment Benefit

48.00

31.00

11.40

11.00

—

(B) Reduced rates of Unemployment Benefit

45.00

31.00

11.00

—

2. Maternity Allowance

48.00

—

11.40

11.00

—

3. Injury Benefit

64.80

31.00

11.40

11.00

—

4. Death Benefit

(a) pension payable to a widow (section 50 (2)) or widower (section 50 (6))

71.00

—

15.00

29.40

4.10

—

(b) pension payable to a parent

(i) reduced rate

31.90

—

29.40

4.10

—

(ii) maximum rate

71.00

—

29.40

4.10

—

(c) pension payable to an orphan

36.90

—

5. Old Age (Contributory) Pension and Retirement Pension

61.50

39.20

12.80

11.00

29.40

4.10

4.00

additional increase for an adult dependant who has attained pensionable age

—

6.50

—

6. Invalidity Pension

(a) where the person is aged under 66 years

54.10

35.80

12.50

11.00

29.40

—

(b) where the person is aged over 66 years

55.10

35.80

12.50

11.00

29.40

4.10

—

7. Widow's (Contributory) Pension and Deserted Wife's Benefit

56.00

—

15.00

29.40

4.10

4.00

8. Orphan's (Contributory) Allowance

35.00

—

PART II

Occupational Injuries Benefits—Gratuities and Grant

£

1. Disablement Benefit

Maximum gratuity

5,060

2. Death Benefit

(i) Widower's gratuity

3,690

(ii) Grant in respect of funeral expenses

250

PART III

Disablement Pension

Degree of disablement

Weekly rate

(1)

(2)

£

100

per

cent

72.50

90

”

65.30

80

”

58.00

70

”

50.80

60

”

43.50

50

”

36.30

40

”

29.00

30

”

21.80

20

”

14.50

PART IV

Increases of Disablement Pension

£

1. Increase where the person is permanently incapable of work

48.00

2. Increase where the beneficiary requires constant attendance

(a) limit of increase except in cases of exceptionally severe disablement—

29.40

(b) limit in any case

58.80

”.

ISB Act 1990-04-04

Schedule 2 SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1990 Open official source

SCHEDULE B

“Fourth Schedule

Rates of Assistance

PART I

Rates of Periodical Social Assistance and Increases Thereof

Description of assistance, pension or allowance

Weekly rate or amount

Increase for adult dependant (where payable)

Increase for each of first and second qualified children (where payable)

Increase for each qualified child in excess of two (where payable)

Increase for prescribed relative under section 162(1)(a), 179(a), 195(2), 196(2) or 197(2) (where payable)

Increase where the person has attained pensionable age and is living alone (where payable)

Increase where the person has attained the age of 80 years (where payable)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

£

1. Unemployment Assistance

(a) in the case of persons who, in any continuous period of unemployment as construed in accordance with section 135 (2), have been in receipt of unemployment benefit or unemployment assistance for not less than 390 days

52.00

31.00

11.00

—

(b) in the case of persons other than those at (a)

45.00

31.00

11.00

—

2. Pre-Retirement Allowance

52.00

31.00

11.00

—

3. Old Age Pension and Blind Pension

53.00

—

11.40

11.00

29.40

4.10

4.00

4. Widow's (Non-Contributory) Pension, Deserted Wife's Allowance, Prisoner's Wife's Allowance, Social Assistance Allowance, Widower's (Non-Contributory) Pension and Deserted Husband's Allowance

53.00

—

13.50

29.40

4.10

4.00

5. Carer's Allowance

45.00

—

11.00

—

6. Orphan's (Non-Contributory) Pension

30.00

—

7. Single Woman's Allowance

52.00

—

8. Supplementary Welfare Allowance

45.00

31.00

11.00

—

PART III

Increase of Old Age Pension for a Spouse

Means of claimant or pensioner

Weekly rate of increase

£

Where the weekly means of the claimant or pensioner do not exceed £6

26.50

exceed £6 but do not exceed £8

25.50

exceed £8 but do not exceed £10

24.50

exceed £10 but do not exceed £12

23.50

exceed £12 but do not exceed £14

22.50

exceed £14 but do not exceed £16

21.50

exceed £16 but do not exceed £18

20.50

exceed £18 but do not exceed £20

19.50

exceed£20 but do not exceed £22

18.50

exceed £22 but do not exceed £24

17.50

exceed £24 but do not exceed £26

16.50

exceed £26 but do not exceed £28

15.50

exceed £28 but do not exceed £30

14.50

exceed £30 but do not exceed £32

13.50

exceed £32 but do not exceed £34

12.50

exceed £34 but do not exceed £36

11.50

exceed £36 but do not exceed £38

10.50

exceed £38 but do not exceed £40

9.50

exceed £40 but do not exceed £42

8.50

exceed £42 but do not exceed £44

7.50

exceed £44 but do not exceed £46

6.50

exceed £46 but do not exceed £48

5.50

exceed £48 but do not exceed £50

4.50

exceed £50 but do not exceed £52

3.50

exceed £52 but do not exceed £54

2.50

exceed £54 but do not exceed £56

1.50

exceed £56

Nil

”.

ISB Act 1990-04-04

Schedule 3 SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1990 Open official source

SCHEDULE C

Section 13.

Provision of Principal Act Amended

Nature of Amendment

(1)

(2)

Section 125 (2) (b)

The insertion after “under section 50 or 52” of “or entitlement to lone parent's allowance by virtue of being a widow or widower”.

Section 130 (1)

The insertion after “widow's (non-contributory) pension” of “or lone parent's allowance”.

Section 130 (5) (inserted by section 27 of the Act of 1989)

The substitution for paragraph (d) of the following paragraph

“(d) lone parent's allowance under Chapter 5A of Part III,”.

Section 134 (1)

The deletion of paragraph (h) and the substitution for paragraphs (l) and (m) (inserted by section 6 of the Act of 1989) of the following paragraph

“(l) lone parent's allowance,”.

Section 178 (1) (as amended by section 3 of the Act of 1982)

The deletion of “increased, where there is a qualified child or there are qualified children, by the appropriate amount set out in column (4) or (5) of that Part in respect of each qualified child who normally resides with the widow”.

Section 180 (1)

The deletion of “(including any increase for a qualified child)”.

Section 180

The deletion of subsection (3).

Section 188 (3)

The deletion of “or an increase in respect of a qualified child”.

Section 190

The substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsection

“(2) The Minister may, in his discretion, from time to time, direct that a pension shall, in lieu of being paid to the pensioner, be paid to some other person for the benefit of the pensioner.”.

Section 195 (1)

The substitution for paragraph (b) of the following paragraph

“(b) who is 40 years of age or over, and”.

Section 195

The deletion of subsection (3).

Section 196 (1)

The substitution for paragraph (b) of the following paragraph

“(b) who is 40 years of age or over, and”.

Section 196

The deletion of subsection (4).

Section 197

The deletion of that section.

Section 306 (1)

The insertion after “orphan's (contributory) allowance” of “, lone parent's allowance in the case of a person who qualifies for such allowance by virtue of being a widow or widower”.

Section 314 (1) (inserted by section 12 of the Act of 1989)

The substitution for the definition of “allowance” of the following definition

“‘allowance’ means deserted wife's allowance under section 195, lone parent's allowance under section 198B or supplementary welfare allowance under section 200;”,

and

the substitution for the definition of “competent authority” of the following definition

“‘competent authority’ in relation to deserted wife's benefit, deserted wife's, allowance and lone parent's allowance means the Minister, and in relation to supplementary welfare allowance means the health board which granted that allowance to a recipient; ”.

Rule 1 (2) of Third Schedule

The insertion after “widow's or orphan's (non-contributory) pension” of “or lone parent's allowance”.

Rule 1 (2) of Third Schedule

The substitution for subparagraph (b) of the following paragraph

“(b) in the case of a lone parent, an additional £100 of the capital value of the property shall be excluded in respect of each qualified child normally residing with the lone parent in respect of whom an increase of allowance is claimable, and”.

Rule 1 (3) of Third Schedule

The insertion after “blind pension” of “, lone parent's allowance”.

Rule 1 (4) of Third Schedule

The insertion after “widow's and orphan's (non-contributory) pensions” of “or lone parent's allowance”.

Rule 1 (4) (i) (as amended by section 18 of the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1985) of Third Schedule

The substitution of “lone parent's allowance” for “widow's (non-contributory) pension”.

Rule 4 of Third Schedule

The substitution of “, 4 or 5A” for “or 4” in both places where it occurs.

Rule 5 of Third Schedule

The substitution of “, 4, 5A” for “and 4”.

ISB Act 1990-04-04

Schedule 4 SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1990 Open official source

SCHEDULE D

“Fourth Schedule

Rates of Assistance

PART I

Rates of Periodical Social Assistance and Increases Thereof

Description of assistance, pension or allowance

Weekly rate or amount

Increase for adult dependant (where payable)

Increase for each of first and second qualified children (where payable)

Increase for each qualified child in excess of two (where payable)

Increase for prescribed relative under section 162(1)(a), 179(a), 195(2), 196(2) or 197(2) (where payable)

Increase where the person has attained pensionable age and is living alone (where payable)

Increase where the person has attained the age of 80 years (where payable)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

£

1. Unemployment Assistance

(a) in the case of persons who, in any continuous period of unemployment as construed in accordance with section 135 (2), have been in receipt of unemployment benefit or unemployment assistance for not less than 390 days

52.00

31.00

11.00

—

(b) in the case of persons other than those at (a)

45.00

31.00

11.00

—

2. Pre-Retirement Allowance

52.00

31.00

11.00

—

3. Old Age Pension and Blind Pension

53.00

—

11.40

11.00

29.40

4.10

4.00

4. Widow's (Non-Contributory) Pension, Deserted Wife's Allowance, Prisoner's Wife's Allowance

53.00

—

29.40

4.10

4.00

5. Lone Parent's Allowance

53.00

—

13.50

29.40

4.10

—

6. Carer's Allowance

45.00

—

11.00

—

7. Orphan's (Non-Contributory) Pension

30.00

—

8. Single Woman's Allowance

52.00

—

9. Supplementary Welfare Allowance

45.00

31.00

11.00

—

”.

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1990

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