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SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1959

Type Act
Publication 1959-06-16
Last updated 1981-02-24
State Repealed superseded text
Text As published
Source Irish Statute Book
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This is the act as published. Later amendments are not folded into the text below: each one is a separate act in this repository and an entry in this law's history.

1 amending act · 1981-02-24, SOCIAL WELFARE (CONSOLIDATION) ACT, 1981

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AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR INCREASES IN THE RATES OF PENSIONS UNDER THE OLD AGE PENSIONS ACTS, 1908 TO 1957, UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE UNDER THE UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE ACTS, 1933 TO 1957, AND WIDOWS' (NON-CONTRIBUTORY) PENSIONS UNDER THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSIONS ACTS, 1935 TO 1957. [16th June, 1959.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

1 Increase of rates of old age pensions.

1.—The rates of 25s. 0d., 20s. 0d., 15s. 0d., 10s. 0d. set forth in the Table to subsection (2) of section 77 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952, by virtue of section 1 of the Social Welfare Act, 1957, are each hereby increased by 2s. 6d.

2 Increase of rates of unemployment assistance.

2.—In the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933, for the Schedule thereto inserted by subsection (1) of section 2 of the Social Welfare Act; 1957, there is hereby substituted the following:

“SCHEDULE.

Rates of Unemployment Assistance.
Classes of persons to whom the rates of unemployment assistance set out in this Schedule are applicable. Rate of unemployment assistance applicable to persons resident in any urban area. Rate of unemployment assistance applicable to persons resident in any urban area. Rate of unemployment assistance applicable to persons resident in any other place. Rate of unemployment assistance applicable to persons resident in any other place.
per week per week per week per week
s. d. s. d.
Person without a dependant 19 0 13 0
Person with an adult dependant 32 6 24 6
Person with an adult dependant and one child dependant 33 6 29 6
Person with an adult dependant and two or more child dependants 43 6 33 6
Person with one child dependant 25 0 18 0
Person with two or more child dependants 30 0 22 0

”

3 Increase of rates of widows' (non-contributory) pensions.

3.—In Table B to section 20 of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935, being the section inserted by section 105 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952, for the rates set forth therein by virtue of subsection (1) of section 3 of the Social Welfare Act, 1957, there are hereby substituted the rates set forth in the Table to this section.

TABLE.

Weekly Rates of Widows' (Non-Contributory) Pensions.
Weekly Rates Weekly Rates Weekly Rates Weekly Rates Weekly Rates Weekly Rates
Means of Widow Widow, no qualified child. Widow, no qualified child. Widow, one qualified child. Widow, one qualified child. Widow, two or more qualified children. Widow, two or more qualified children.
(1) (2) (2) (3) (3) (4) (4)
s. d. s. d. s. d.
Where the yearly means of the widow as duly calculated—
do not exceed £52 10s. 0d. 26 0 34 0 41 0
exceed £52 10s. 0d. but do not exceed £65 10s. 0d. 21 0 29 0 36 0
exceed £65 10s. 0d. but do not exceed £78 10s. 0d. 16 0 24 0 31 0
exceed £78 10s. 0d. but do not exceed £104 15s. 0d. 11 0 19 0 26 0
exceed £104 15s. 0d. but do not exceed £117 15s. 0d. No pension No pension 8 0 15 0
exceed £117 15s. 0d. but do not exceed £130 15s. 0d. No pension No pension No pension No pension 7 0
exceed £130 15s. 0d. No pension No pension No pension No pension No pension No pension

4 Short title, commencement and collective citations.

4.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Social Welfare Act, 1959.

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