S.I. No. 527/2002 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (No. 1) Regulations, 2002

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 4 (as amended by section 12 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002 (No. 8 of 2002)), 179 (as amended by paragraph 3 of the Sixth Schedule) and 188 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993 (No. 27 of 1993) hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and construction.

1.

• (2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance Regulations, 1995 to 2002 shall be construed together as one and may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations, 1995 to 2002.

Commencement.

2.

Amendment to regulations.

3.

• (a) the substitution in sub-article 9 (2) for paragraph (g) of the following paragraph:

• “(g) the health board is satisfied that-

  • (i) the claimant is in need of accommodation and is unable to provide for it from his or her own resources,

  • (ii) the residence is reasonably suited to the residential and other needs of the claimant, and

  • (iii) the rent payable by the claimant is just and proper having regard to the nature, character and location of the residence;

  and for this purpose, the appropriate maximum amount of rent in respect of which a supplement is payable for the period commencing on 22 November 2002 and ending on 31 December 2003, shall be-

  • (i) the amount as determined by the health board and set out in Schedule C to these Regulations in respect of such class or classes of persons referred to in column (1) of the said Schedule who are not living in shared accommodation, and

  • (ii) the amount as determined by the health board and notified to the Department of Social and Family Affairs on or before 13 November 2002 in respect of any other class or classes of persons,

  having regard to the family circumstances and the location of the residence of such persons.”,

• (b) the insertion after sub-article 9 (2) of the following sub-article:

• “(3) A rent supplement shall not be payable where the amount of rent exceeds the appropriate maximum amount of rent as determined under paragraph (g) of sub-article (2) .”, and

• (c) the insertion after Schedule B of the following Schedule:

“Schedule C Article 9

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)
Class of person	Eastern Region Health Authority Boards	Midlands Health Board	Mid-Western Health Board	North-Eastern Health Board	North-Western Health Board	South-Eastern Health Board	Western Health Board	Southern Health Board
	EUR	EUR	EUR	EUR	EUR	EUR	EUR	EUR
Single person	107.00 per week	85.00 per week	85.00 per week	76.20 per week	77.00 per week	115.00 per week	115.00 per week	83.00 per week
Couple with no children	178.00 per week	115.00 per week	130.00 per week	120.70 per week	115.00 per week	130.00 per week	115.00 per week	153.00 per week
Couple with 1 child or one-parent family with 1 child	953.00 per month	140.00 per week	150.00 per week	133.40 per week	115.00 per week	130.00 per week	175.00 per week	153.00 per week
Couple with 2 children or one-parent family with 2 children	1,200 per month	160.00 per week	170.00 per week	152.40 per week	153.00 per week	170.00 per week	200.00 per week	190.00 per week
Couple with 3 children or one-parent family with 3 children	1,200 per month	160.00 per week	185.00 per week	190.50 per week	153.00 per week	170.00 per week	200.00 per week	203.00 per week

	GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs this 22nd day of November, 2002. MARY COUGHLAN
	Minister for Social and Family Affairs.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

	GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this 22nd day of November, 2002.
	CHARLIE MC CREEVY
	Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

[This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.]

These Regulations provide for the continuation until 31st December 2003 of the current levels of maximum rent, as determined by the Health Boards, in respect of which rent supplement is paid. They also provide that rent supplement shall not be payable where the level of rent paid exceeds the relevant maximum level determined by the health board.