S.I. No. 564/2009 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 8) (Prescribed Time) Regulations, 2009

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 8) (Homemakers) (Prescribed Time) Regulations 2009.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 (

S.I. No. 142 of 2007

) shall be construed together as one and may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2009.

Prescribed time for making application to be regarded as a homemaker.

2. The Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 (

S.I. No. 142 of 2007

) are amended in article 183 by substituting the following for sub-article (2)

“(2) Where a person has commenced as a homemaker on or after 6 April 1994 and not later than 31 December 2009, an application to be regarded as a homemaker shall be made not later than 31 December 2010.”.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs,

21 December 2009.

MARY HANAFIN,

Minister for Social and Family Affairs.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This Note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These regulations provide for the extension of the time limit within which an application to become a homemaker for the purposes of State Pension (Contributory) may be made. The new registration deadline for an applicant, who commenced homemaking during the period 6 April 1994 to 31 December 2009, is 31 December 2010.

S.I. No. 564 of 2009

SOCIAL WELFARE (CONSOLIDATED CLAIMS, PAYMENTS AND CONTROL) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 8) (PRESCRIBED TIME) REGULATIONS, 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

5

th January

, 2010.

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 4 (as amended by the

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Act 2006

(No. 5 of 2006)) and 108(2) (as amended by

section 11

of the

Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008

(No. 2 of 2008)) of the

Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005

(No. 26 of 2005), hereby makes the following Regulations

Citation and construction.