SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1994 (1994_act_4) | IE

ISB Act 1994-03-31

Schedule 1 SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1994 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 qualified child (where payable)

Increase for prescribed relative under section 167 (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)

£

1. Disability Benefit, Unemployment Benefit and Injury Benefit

61.00

36.60

13.20

—

2. Death Benefit

(a) pension payable to a widow (section 60 (2)) or widower (section 60 (6))

81.90

—

17.00

33.90

4.80

—

(b) pension payable to a parent

(i) reduced rate

36.80

—

33.90

4.80

—

(ii) maximum rate

81.90

—

33.90

4.80

—

(c) pension payable to an orphan

42.50

—

3. Old Age (Contributory) Pension and Retirement Pension

71.00

45.20

15.20

33.90

4.80

4.70

additional increase for an adult dependant who has attained pensionable age

—

5.80

—

4. Invalidity Pension

62.60

41.30

15.20

33.90

4.80

4.70

additional increase for a beneficiary who has attained pensionable age

8.40

—

5. Widow's (Contributory) Pension, Deserted Wife's Benefit and Survivor's Benefit

64.50

—

17.00

33.90

4.80

4.70

6. Orphan's (Contributory) Allowance

40.40

PART II

Occupational Injuries Benefits—Gratuities and Grant

Description of Grant

Amount

(1)

(2)

£

1. Disablement Benefit

Maximum gratuity

5,830

2. Death Benefit

(a) Widower's gratuity

4,250

(b) Grant in respect of funeral expenses

290

PART III

Disablement Pension

Degree of disablement

Weekly rate

(1)

(2)

£

100 per cent

83.50

90 ” ”

75.20

80 ” ”

66.80

70 ” ”

58.50

60 ” ”

50.10

50 ” ”

41.80

40 ” ”

33.40

30 ” ”

25.10

20 ” ”

16.70

PART IV

Increases of Disablement Pension

Description of Increase

Weekly Rate

(1)

(2)

£

1. Increase where the person is permanently incapable of work

61.00

2. Increase where the person requires constant attendance

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

33.90

(b) limit in any other case

67.80

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ISB Act 1994-03-31

Schedule 2 SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1994 Open official source

SCHEDULE B

Section 4.

“Fourth Schedule

Rates of Assistance

PART I

Rates of Periodical Social Assistance and Increases Thereof

Description of assistance

Weekly rate or amount

Increase for adult dependant (where payable)

Increase for each qualified child (where payable)

Increase for prescribed relative under section 167 (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)

£

1. Unemployment Assistance

(a) in the case of a person to whom section 121 (1) (a) applies

61.00

36.60

13.20

—

(b) in the case of a person to whom section 121 (1) (b) applies

58.90

36.60

13.20

—

2. Pre-Retirement Allowance

61.00

36.60

13.20

—

3. Old Age (Non-Contributory) Pension and Blind Pension

61.00

—

13.20

33.90

4.80

4.70

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

61.00

—

33.90

4.80

4.70

5. Lone Parent's Allowance

61.00

—

15.20

—

4.80

4.70

6. Carer's Allowance

61.00

—

13.20

—

7. Orphan's (Non-Contributory) Pension

40.40

—

8. Supplementary Welfare Allowance

58.90

36.60

13.20

—

PART II

Increase of Old Age (Non-Contributory) Pension and Blind Pension for One of a Couple

Means of claimant or pensioner

Weekly rate of increase

£

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

36.60

exceed £6 but do not exceed £8

35.60

exceed £8 but do not exceed £10

34.60

exceed £10 but do not exceed £12

33.60

exceed £12 but do not exceed £14

32.60

exceed £14 but do not exceed £16

31.60

exceed £16 but do not exceed £18

30.60

exceed £18 but do not exceed £20

29.60

exceed £20 but do not exceed £22

28.60

exceed £22 but do not exceed £24

27.60

exceed £24 but do not exceed £26

26.60

exceed £26 but do not exceed £28

25.60

exceed £28 but do not exceed £30

24.60

exceed £30 but do not exceed £32

23.60

exceed £32 but do not exceed £34

22.60

exceed £34 but do not exceed £36

21.60

exceed £36 but do not exceed £38

20.60

exceed £38 but do not exceed £40

19.60

exceed £40 but do not exceed £42

18.60

exceed £42 but do not exceed £44

17.60

exceed £44 but do not exceed £46

16.60

exceed £46 but do not exceed £48

15.60

exceed £48 but do not exceed £50

14.60

exceed £50 but do not exceed £52

13.60

exceed £52 but do not exceed £54

12.60

exceed £54 but do not exceed £56

11.60

exceed £56 but do not exceed £58

10.60

exceed £58 but do not exceed £60

9.60

exceed £60 but do not exceed £62

8.60

exceed £62 but do not exceed £64

7.60

exceed £64

Nil

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ISB Act 1994-03-31

Schedule 3 SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1994 Open official source

SCHEDULE C

Section 7.

Provision of Principal Act Amended

Nature of Amendment

(1)

(2)

Section 2 (1) (as amended by section 3 of the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1993), in the definition of “qualifying contribution”

The substitution of “section 10 (1) (c) or (e)” for “section 10 (1) (c) or (d)”.

Section 10 (2) (a)

The substitution of “paragraphs (c) and (e)” for “paragraphs (c) and (d)”.

Section 10 (2) (b)

The substitution of “subsection (1) (c)” for “subsection (1) (d)” in each place where it occurs.

Section 10 (7) (a)

The substitution of “paragraphs (b) and (d) of subsection (1)” for “subsection (1) (b)” and the substitution of “subsection (1) (b)” for “subsection (1) (b) (i)”.

Section 10 (8) (a)

The substitution of “section 10 (1) (d)” for “section 10 (1) (b) (ii)”.

Section 13 (b)

The substitution of “section 10 (1) (f)” for “section 10 (1) (e)”.

Section 22 (1) (c)

The substitution of “section 10 (1) (c)” for “section 10 (1) (d)”.

Section 214 (1)

The substitution in paragraph (d) of “section 10 (1) (b)” for “section 10 (1) (b) (i)”.

The insertion after paragraph (d) of the following paragraph

“(e) adjusts the amount of payment of reckonable earnings to an employed contributor in order to avoid payment of contributions at the rate specified in section 10 (1) (d) (ii),”.

The deletion in paragraph (c) of “or” and the insertion in paragraph (d) after “thereunder,” of “or”.

ISB Act 1994-03-31

Schedule 4 SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1994 Open official source

SCHEDULE D

Section 13.

Provision of Principal Act Amended

Nature of Amendment

(1)

(2)

Sections 18 (1) (g), 23 (2), 30 (1) (j), 135, 139 (3), 147, 163 (1) (c) (iv), 207 (1) (c) (ii), 210 (1) (l) in the definition of “benefit”, 210 (2) (f), 236 (1) and paragraph 5 of Part III of the First Schedule

The substitution of “survivor's pension” for “widow's (contributory) pension” in each place where those words occur.

Section 207 (1)(c)(ii)

The substitution of “section 104 (1)” for “section 105 (1)”.

Reference 5 of Part 1 of the Second Schedule

The substitution of “Survivor's Pension and Deserted Wife's Benefit” for “Widow's (Contributory) Pension, Deserted Wife's Benefit and Survivor's Benefit”.

ISB Act 1994-03-31

Schedule 5 SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1994 Open official source

SCHEDULE E

Section 20.

Provision of Principal Act Amended

Nature of Amendment

(1)

(2)

Section 2 (3)

The deletion of paragraph (a) (ii) and the substitution for subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of the following subparagraph: “(i) disability benefit payable by virtue of section 56,”.

Section 3 (12)

The deletion of “55 (3),”.

Section 24B (4) (inserted by section 4 of the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1993)

The insertion after “disability benefit” of “excluding disability benefit payable by virtue of section 53 or 56,”.

Section 30 (1)

The substitution for paragraph (d) of the following paragraph: “(d) occupational injuries benefits,”.

Section 54

The substitution in subsection (5) of “period of injury” for “injury benefit period”.

Section 58

The substitution in subsection (1) of “disability benefit payable by virtue of section 53” for “injury benefit” in each place where those words occur.

The substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsection

“(2) The increases of benefit referred to in subsection (1) mean increases in respect of an adult dependant or qualified child in the rate of disability benefit payable by virtue of section 53 and in the case of disablement pension, disability benefit payable by virtue of section 56 and an increase under section 57.”.

Section 64

The substitution of “disability benefit payable by virtue of section 56” for “unemployability supplement” in each place where those words occur.

Section 66

The substitution in subsection (6) of “disability benefit payable by virtue of section 53” for “injury benefit”.

Section 70

The substitution in subsection (1) of “disability benefit payable by virtue of section 53” for “injury benefit” in each place where those words occur.

Section 75 (1)

The substitution of “in respect of disability benefit payable by virtue of section 53 (disregarding any right in respect of the said disability benefit payable by virtue of section 210, after the death of the injured person)” for “in respect of injury benefit (disregarding any right in respect of injury benefit payable by virtue of section 210, after the death of the injured person)”.

Section 122

The deletion in subsection (4) of “injury benefit,”.

Section 207 (1) (c) (i)

The deletion of “injury benefit,” and “55 (1),”.

Section 209

The deletion in subsection (7) of “or injury benefit”.

Section 210 (1)

The deletion of paragraphs (c) and (i).

Section 211 (2)

The deletion of “55 (1),”.

ISB Act 1994-03-31

Schedule 6 SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1994 Open official source

SCHEDULE F

Section 32.

Provision of Principal Act Amended

Nature of Amendment

(1)

(2)

Sections 34 (2), 45 (2), 55 (2), 60 (9), 87 (2), 91 (2), 94 (1), 99 (2), 105 (1) and 113 (1)

The substitution of “the amount set out in column (4)” for “the appropriate amount set out in column (4) or (5)”.

Sections 60 (2), 60 (6), 61 (2), 87 (4), 91 (4), 94 (2), 99 (4), 105 (2) and 113 (2)

The substitution of “column (6)” for “column (7)”.

Sections 87 (5), 91 (5), 94 (3), 99 (5), 105 (3) and 113 (3)

The substitution of “column (7)” for “column (8)”.

Section 167 (1)

The substitution of “column (5) of Part I of the Second Schedule” for “column (6) of Part I of the Second Schedule”.

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