SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1991 (1991_act_7) | IE

ISB Act 1991-04-01

Schedule 1 SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1991 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. Disability Benefit and Unemployment Benefit

50.00

33.00

12.00

—

2. Maternity Allowance

50.00

—

12.00

—

3. Injury Benefit

65.00

33.00

12.00

—

4. Death Benefit

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

73.80

—

15.60

30.60

4.30

—

(b) pension payable to a parent

(i) reduced rate

33.20

—

30.60

4.30

—

(ii) maximum rate

73.80

—

30.60

4.30

—

(c) pension payable to an orphan

38.40

—

5. Old Age (Contributory) Pension and Retirement Pension

64.00

40.80

14.00

12.00

30.60

4.30

4.20

additional increase for an adult dependant who has attained pensionable age

—

5.20

—

6. Invalidity Pension

56.40

37.20

14.00

12.00

30.60

4.30

—

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

58.20

—

15.60

30.60

4.30

4.20

8. Orphan's (Contributory) Allowance

36.40

—

PART II

Occupational Injuries Benefits—Gratuities and Grant

£

1. Disablement Benefit

Maximum gratuity

5,260

2. Death Benefit

(i) Widower's gratuity

3,840

(ii) Grant in respect of funeral expenses

260

PART III

Disablement Pension

Drgree of disablement

Weekly rate

(1)

(2)

100

per

cent

75.40

90

”

67.90

80

”

60.30

70

”

52.80

60

”

45.20

50

”

37.70

40

”

30.20

30

”

22.60

20

”

15.10

PART IV

Increases of Disablement Pension

£

1. Increase where the person is permanently incapable of work

50.00

2. Increase where the beneficiary requires constant attendance

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

30.60

(b) limit in any case

61.20

”.

ISB Act 1991-04-01

Schedule 2 SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1991 Open official source

SCHEDULE B

“Fourth Schedule Rates of Assistance

Section 4.

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) or 196(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

55.00

33.00

12.00

—

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

50.00

33.00

12.00

—

2. Pre-Retirement Allowance

55.00

33.00

12.00

—

3. Old Age Pension and Blind Pension

55.00

—

12.00

30.60

4.30

4.20

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

55.00

—

30.60

4.30

4.20

5. Lone Parent's Allowance

55.00

—

14.00

30.60

4.30

4.20

6. Carer's Allowance

50.00

—

12.00

—

7. Orphan's (Non-Contributory) Pension

31.20

—

8. Single Woman's Allowance

55.00

—

9. Supplementary Welfare Allowance

50.00

33.00

12.00

—

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

28.00

exceed £6 but do not exceed £8

27.00

exceed £8 but do not exceed £10

26.00

exceed £10 but do not exceed £12

25.00

exceed £12 but do not exceed £14

24.00

exceed £14 but do not exceed £16

23.00

exceed £16 but do not exceed £18

22.00

exceed £18 but do not exceed £20

21.00

exceed £20 but do not exceed £22

20.00

exceed £22 but do not exceed £24

19.00

exceed £24 but do not exceed £26

18.00

exceed £26 but do not exceed £28

17.00

exceed £28 but do not exceed £30

16.00

exceed £30 but do not exceed £32

15.00

exceed £32 but do not exceed £34

14.00

exceed £34 but do not exceed £36

13.00

exceed £36 but do not exceed £38

12.00

exceed £38 but do not exceed £40

11.00

exceed £40 but do not exceed £42

10.00

exceed £42 but do not exceed £44

9.00

exceed £44 but do not exceed £46

8.00

exceed £46 but do not exceed £48

7.00

exceed £48 but do not exceed £50

6.00

exceed £50 but do not exceed £52

5.00

exceed £52 but do not exceed £54

4.00

exceed £54 but do not exceed £56

3.00

exceed £56 but do not exceed £58

2.00

exceed £58

nil

”.

ISB Act 1991-04-01

Schedule 3 SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1991 Open official source

SCHEDULE C

Section 39.

Provision of Redundancy Payments Act, 1967 Amended

Nature of Amendment

(1)

(2)

Section 2 (1) (as amended by section 17 of the Redundancy Payments Act, 1979)

The deletion of “employer's redundancy contribution”.

Section 5 (1)

The deletion of “28 (3),”.

Section 27 (inserted by section 26 (b) of the Act of 1990)

The substitution of the following section: “27.—All moneys received by the Minister under this Act shall be paid into the Social Insurance Fund and all payments made pursuant to this Act shall be made out of that Fund.”.

The substitution of the following section

“27.—All moneys received by the Minister under this Act shall be paid into the Social Insurance Fund and all payments made pursuant to this Act shall be made out of that Fund.”.

Section 28 (inserted by section 3 of the Redundancy Payments Act, 1979)

The deletion of that section.

Section 33

The deletion of that section.

Section 38 (1)

The deletion of paragraph (d).

Section 39 (15)

The deletion of “38 (1) (d),” and the deletion of “, 1952 to 1966”.

Section 42 (1) and (3) (inserted by section 14 of the Redundancy Payments Act, 1979)

The deletion of “(other than employer's redundancy contribution to which section 28 (inserted by the Redundancy Payments Act, 1979) applies)”.

Section 44

The substitution of the following section: “44.—Section 115 (other than subsections (3) and (5) thereof) of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981, shall apply in relation to benefits under this Act as it applies to benefits and other payments under the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981.”.

The substitution of the following section

“44.—Section 115 (other than subsections (3) and (5) thereof) of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981, shall apply in relation to benefits under this Act as it applies to benefits and other payments under the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981.”.

Section 50

The deletion of that section.

ISB Act 1991-04-01

Schedule 4 SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1991 Open official source

SCHEDULE D Repeals of Principal Act

Repeals of Principal Act

Section 58.

Provision of Principal Act

Extent of repeal

(1)

(2)

Section 135

subsection (2A)

Section 148

subsection (4)

Section 156C (2)

paragraph (d)

Section 170

subsection (4)

Section 189 (1)

paragraph (b)

Section 189

subsection (3)

Section 195 (4)

paragraph (b)

Section 196

subsection (5)

Section 198

subsection (3)

Section 198F

paragraph (b)

Section 198L (2)

paragraph (a)

Section 219 (1)

paragraph (a)

Section 232 (1)

paragraph (b)

Section 232 (1)

paragraph (j)

Section 232F (2)

paragraph (e)

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1991

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