S.I. No. 142/2007 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007

Payment on account of qualified adult and qualified child

• (2) Where in respect of any period a person is in receipt of any benefit or assistance, which includes an increase in respect of a qualified child, and in that period that qualified child becomes entitled in his or her own right to any benefit or assistance, any such increase shall be regarded as payment on account of the said benefit or assistance payable to that qualified child in respect of the said period.

• (3) Where in respect of any period a person is in receipt of any benefit or assistance, which includes an increase in respect of a qualified child, and in that period that person's spouse becomes entitled in his or her own right to any benefit or assistance which also includes an increase in respect of that qualified child, half of any sums paid to that person in that period in respect of that qualified child shall be regarded as payment on account of the said benefit or assistance.

Supplementary welfare allowance granted to persons in receipt of long-term payments

• (2) In this article “excess” and “relevant payment” have the meanings assigned to them by section 204.

Payment of increase for qualified child where child becomes entitled to payment in his or her own right

• (a) the increase in payment payable in respect of the qualified child shall continue to be paid, and

• (b) the payment to which the qualified child becomes entitled to in his or her own right shall be reduced by an amount not exceeding the amount of the increase specified in paragraph (a).

State pension (non-contributory) — qualified child

Rounding

Saver

• (2) Where, on 1 November 1991, more than one of the payments specified in section 247(1) or (2) continued to be payable to or in respect of a person in respect of the same period by virtue of sub-article (1), and that person subsequently ceases to be entitled to any such payment for any period, sub-article (1) shall cease to apply to that person from the date that such payment ceases.

• (3) Subject to sub-article (4), where, immediately before 1 November 1991—

• (a) a disabled person’s maintenance allowance,

• (b) an infectious diseases maintenance allowance, or

• (c) an increase in either of the payments specified in paragraph (a) or (b), and

• (i) any benefit specified in section 39(1) (other than death benefit by way of a grant in respect of funeral expenses or death grant),

• (ii) any assistance specified in section 139(1) (other than supplementary welfare allowance), or

• (iii) an increase in any of the payments specified in subparagraph (i) or (ii) of this paragraph,

would be payable to or in respect of a qualified child in respect of the same period, section 247 shall not operate so as to disentitle such person to any such payment.

• (4) Where, on or after 1 November 1991, more than one of the payments specified in sub-article (3) continued to be payable to or in respect of a qualified child in respect of the same period by virtue of sub-article (3), and any such payment subsequently ceases to be payable to or in respect of that person, sub-article (3) shall cease to apply to that person from the date that such payment ceases.

CHAPTER 6 Household Budgeting

Definitions

“assistance” means jobseeker’s allowance under Chapter 2 of Part 3, one-parent family payment under Chapter 7 of Part 3 or disability allowance under Chapter 10 of Part 3;

“benefit” means jobseeker’s benefit under Chapter 12 of Part 2, invalidity pension under Chapter 17 of Part 2, widow’s (contributory) pension or widower’s (contributory) pension under Chapter 18 of Part 2 or a relevant payment in accordance with paragraph (a) in the definition of “relevant payment” in section 178(1);

“beneficiary” means a person in receipt of benefit or assistance, payable by An Post through a payment method known as Postdraft or Electronic Information Transfer;

“specified body” has the meaning assigned to it by section 290.

Household budgeting

• (2) The total amount deducted under sub-article (1) in any week shall not exceed 25 per cent of the weekly rate of such benefit or assistance to which the beneficiary is entitled.

• (3) A beneficiary may cancel a deduction made under this article by giving not less than two weeks notice in writing to An Post specifying details of the deduction or deductions to be cancelled.

• (4) The amount of the deduction made under sub-article (1) may be varied on application by the beneficiary to An Post in such form as may be determined by An Post.

• (5) An Post shall immediately upon receipt of a cancellation pursuant to sub-article (3) or a variation pursuant to sub-article (4), comply with such cancellation or variation.

• (6) Where, in any week, the amount of payment to which the beneficiary is entitled for that week is insufficient to meet all the deductions under sub-article (1), An Post may make deductions up to the percentage amount specified in sub-article (2) to the specified bodies in the priority nominated by the beneficiary at the time of the making of the application in accordance with this article.

CHAPTER 7 Island Allowance

Island allowance

CHAPTER 8 Widowed Parent Grant

Widowed parent grant

PART 8 Control Provisions

Interpretation

“specified industry”—

• (a) insofar as it relates to an employer, means—

• (i) the construction industry, including the building, alteration, decoration, repair or demolition of any building or structure,

• (ii) contract cleaning,

• (iii) forestry work, excluding work carried out by permanent employees of the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, or Coillte Teoranta,

• (iv) meat processing operations,

• (v) the security industry,

• (vi) the road haulage industry, consisting only of such industries whose principal business is the haulage or carriage of goods, merchandise or commodities by road, excluding work carried out by Iarnrd Éireann,

• (vii) private road transport for passengers by omnibus or coach,

• (viii) the catering industry including hotels, restaurants and other premises of a similar nature where food is sold for consumption on the premises, and

• (ix) the licensed bar trade,

• (b) insofar as it relates to a sub-contractor or an employer or any other person who engages a sub-contractor, means—

• (i) the construction industry, including the building, alteration, decoration, repair or demolition of any building or structure,

• (ii) forestry work,

• (iii) meat processing operations,

• (iv) the road haulage industry including the haulage or carriage of goods, merchandise or commodities by road,

• (v) private road transport for passengers by omnibus or coach, and

• (vi) the catering industry including hotels, restaurants and other premises of a similar nature where food is sold for consumption on the premises,

and

• (c) for the purposes of articles 240 and 241, means the construction industry including the building, alteration, decoration, repair or demolition of any building or structure;

“sub-contractor” means a person engaged under a contract for service to perform a service.

Provision of information — interpretation

“academic year” means a period in which a course of instruction or part of a cycle of education takes place in a calendar year or a period in which a course of instruction or part of a cycle of education commences in one calendar year and finishes in the next following calendar year;

“centre of education” means a place where adult or continuing education or vocational education or training are provided, other than an institution of education or an institution of higher education;

“dependent person” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 of the Act of 1990;

“institution of education” means a school or a place where adult or continuing education or vocational education or training are provided, other than a school or a place providing university or other third level education, and funded by the Department of Education and Science;

“institution of higher education” means—

• (a) a university,

• (b) a college of a university,

• (c) any institution which the Minister for Education and Science has designated in regulations made pursuant to section 1 of the Higher Education Authority Act 1971 (No. 22 of 1971) as an institution of higher education for the purposes of that Act,

• (d) any institution to which the Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999 (No. 26 of 1999) applies,

• (e) any institution established under the Regional Technical Colleges Acts 1992 to 2001,

• (f) any institution incorporated under the Dublin Institute of Technology Act 1992 (No. 15 of 1992), or

• (g) any institution which is not an institution for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (a) to (f) and to which the Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Acts 1968 to 1992 apply;

“nursing home” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Act of 1990;

“registered proprietor” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 of the Act of 1990;

“school” means a school which provides post primary education to its students up to and including the Leaving Certificate Examination of the State Examinations Commission and which may also provide courses in adult, continuing or vocational education and training; and

“the Act of 1990” means the Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990 (No. 23 of 1990).

Provision of information — institution of education, institution of higher education or centre of education

• (a) name,

• (b) address,

• (c) date of birth,

• (d) nature of the course of study being pursued,

• (e) duration of the course of study being pursued,

• (f) details of attendance requirements at the institution of higher education or centre of education, as the case may be, during the course of the relevant academic year, and

• (g) details of any grants or payments made to such student by any body, authority, institution or fund.

• (2) The information requested in accordance with sub-article (1) shall be submitted by the institution of education, institution of higher education or centre of education, as the case may be, in such format as is acceptable to the Minister.

• (3) The information requested in sub-article (1) shall be furnished, within 30 days of the receipt of a request for such information from the Minister, to such office of the Department as may be specified by the Minister.

Provision of information — nursing homes

• (a) name,

• (b) former home address,

• (c) date of birth, and

• (d) personal public service number.

• (2) The information requested in accordance with sub-article (1) shall be submitted by the registered proprietor in such format as is acceptable to the Minister and shall be furnished, within 30 days of the receipt of a request for such information from the Minister, to such office of the Department as may be specified by the Minister.

Persons required to keep records

• (2) Every person who engages a sub-contractor to perform a service in a specified industry shall maintain a record of every sub-contractor so engaged.

• (3) Every sub-contractor engaged to perform a service in a specified industry shall maintain a record of every person engaged to perform that service either with him or her or on his or her behalf whether under a contract for service or any other arrangement made or to be made by him or her.

Records to be maintained

• (a) contain the following particulars in respect of the person to whom it relates—

• (i) name,

• (ii) address,

• (iii) personal public service number, and

• (iv) the date of commencement of the employment,

• (b) be recorded at the time of commencement of the relevant employment, and

• (c) be held readily accessible at the construction site where the person to whom the record relates is employed for the duration of his or her employment.

• (d) for the purposes of this article, “construction site”, means the premises or place at which the employee or sub-contractor is carrying out the work for which he or she is contracted.

PART 9 Overpayments

Provision of information on overpayments

• (a) informed of the factors which gave rise to the overpayment,

• (b) informed of the amount of overpayment,

• (c) informed of the proposed method of recovery, and

• (d) afforded an opportunity to bring to the notice of the Department or Executive as appropriate—

• (i) any view he or she may wish to offer on the assessment of the overpayment,

• (ii) any view he or she may wish to offer on the proposed method of recovery of the overpayment, and

• (iii) any facts or circumstances which he or she considers relevant to the recovery of the overpayment,

before any decision is made regarding the recovery of the overpayment.

Recovery of overpayment

Determining the method of recovery

• (a) the amount of the overpayment and the circumstances in which it arose, and

• (b) any facts or circumstances relevant to the recovery which have come to the notice of the Department or the Executive.

Recovery of overpayment by means of deduction from social welfare payment

• (a) any benefit specified in section 39(1), or

• (b) any assistance specified in section 139(1), or

• (c) family income supplement under Part 6 of the Principal Act,

recovery of an overpayment may take the form of—

• (i) withholding all or part of arrears of any benefit, assistance or supplement due to that person under the Principal Act, or

• (ii) making deductions from ongoing payments having regard to the total amount to be recovered and the person’s ability to repay,

or both, provided that recovery of the overpayment shall not cause, without the prior written agreement of the person liable to repay the overpayment, that person’s weekly payment of benefit or assistance, as the case may be, to fall below the weekly rate of supplementary welfare allowance appropriate to his or her family circumstances that would be payable if the person was not in receipt of any benefit or assistance.

Reduction or cancellation of sum to be repaid

• (a) a failure by the Department or the Executive to act within a reasonable period on information which was provided by or on behalf of the person concerned, or

• (b) an error by the Department or the Executive,

and the person concerned could not reasonably have been expected to be aware that a failure or error had occurred.

• (2) The amount to be repaid shall, where the facts or circumstances warrant, be reduced to the amount accepted in settlement.

• (3) The amount of an overpayment to be repaid may be reduced by the amount of any other benefit, assistance or supplement to which the person would otherwise have been entitled in the period to which the overpayment relates had he or she not been in receipt of the payment which gave rise to the overpayment.

• (4) In determining whether repayment of an overpayment is to be reduced or cancelled, account shall be taken of any omission made by or on behalf of the person concerned, which contributed in whole or in part to the overpayment being made.

• (5) The repayment of an overpayment may be cancelled where there is no reasonable prospect of securing repayment in whole or in part.

Proceedings for recovery of overpayment

Obligations of personal representatives

• (a) give notice of his or her intention to distribute the assets of that person and to furnish a schedule of such assets at least 3 months before commencing to distribute the assets,

• (b) ensure that sufficient assets are retained to repay any assistance overpaid, and

• (c) be personally liable to repay the amount of an overpayment outstanding as a result of failure to meet these obligations.

Decisions as to the application of this chapter

PART 10 Liable Relatives

Definitions

“allowance” has the meaning assigned to it by section 344(1);

“Inspector” means an inspector appointed under section 250;

“liable relative” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(7);

“order of the Court” has the meaning assigned to it by section 344(1);

“qualified child” means a person who is ordinarily resident in the State, is not detained in a reformatory or an industrial school and is under the age of 18 years or is of or over that age and under the age of 22 years and is attending a course of study within the meaning of section 148(3).

Calculation of amount due

• (a) the weekly value of any property belonging to the liable relative (not being property personally used or enjoyed by him or her) which is invested or otherwise put to profitable use by the liable relative or which, though capable of investment or profitable use, is not invested or put to profitable use by the liable relative, the weekly value of the property being calculated as follows:

• (i) the first €20,000 of the capital value of the property shall be excluded,

• (ii) the weekly value of so much of the capital value of the property as exceeds €20,000 but does not exceed €30,000 shall be assessed at €1 per each €1,000,

• (iii) the weekly value of so much of the capital value of the property as exceeds €30,000 but does not exceed €40,000 shall be assessed at €2 per each €1,000,

• (iv) the weekly value of so much of the capital value of the property as exceeds €40,000 shall be assessed at €4 per each €1,000,

but no account shall be taken under any other provision of this article of any appropriation of the property for the purpose of current expenditure, and

• (b) gross income, other than income from property assessed under paragraph (a), actually received or likely to be received in the contribution year in which the liability is calculated or where in any case a deciding officer or an appeals officer, as the case may be, considers that this period would not suffice, any other contribution year which appears to him or her to be appropriate for such purpose, less the amount of—

• (i) any allowable contribution referred to in Regulations 41 and 42 of the Income Tax (Employments) (Consolidation) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 559 of 2001 ),

• (ii) any income tax payable under the provisions of the Income Tax Acts as defined in section 1 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997),

• (iii) any contributions payable under section 13(2)(b) and regulations made under section 14 or section 21,

• (iv) any contributions payable under section 5 of the Health Contributions Act 1979 (No. 4 of 1979),

• (v) any maintenance payments being paid by the liable relative in respect of his or her spouse and his or her child or children, where such maintenance payments have been taken into account in deciding the amount of allowance payable to the said spouse or parent of his or her children,

• (vi) an amount, not exceeding €4,952 per annum, of any rent or repayment of a loan entered into solely for the purpose of defraying money employed in the purchase, repair or essential improvement of the residence in which the liable relative is residing but where the liable relative has remarried or is co-habiting as husband and wife with another person who is in employment or self-employment, the amount allowed shall be one-half of the rent or repayment, not exceeding €2,476 per annum.

• (2) The amount calculated in accordance with paragraph (b) of sub-article (1) shall be divided by 52.

• (3) The amount calculated in accordance with sub-articles (1) and (2) shall be further reduced by—

• (a) a weekly amount equal to the sum of the amount specified in column 2 of reference 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Principal Act plus €19.05, and

• (b) the amount specified in column 4 of reference 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Principal Act in respect of each qualified child of the liable relative normally residing with him or her and for whom he or she has the main care and charge.

Saver

• (2) Sub-article (1) shall cease to apply to any person where the capital amount on which the amount of contribution payable was calculated on the commencement of these Regulations is found to have increased.

Amount to be paid

• (a) the amount calculated in accordance with article 251, or

• (b) the amount of weekly allowance in payment to the person, or parent of the person as the case may be, whom the liable relative is liable to maintain under Part 12, or

• (c) in the case of the qualified child of an unmarried person, an amount not exceeding the maximum amount set out in section 23 of the Family Law Maintenance of Spouses and Children Act 1976 (inserted by the Courts Act 1981 (No. 11 of 1981) and amended by the Courts Act 1991 (No. 20 of 1991)) in respect of each qualified child,

whichever is the lesser amount, and any fraction of €1 of the amount of contribution payable by the liable relative, which is greater than 50 cent, shall be taken to be €1 and any other such fraction shall be ignored.

• (2) Where an amount due under sub-section (1) is less than €2.50 per week no payment shall be sought from the liable relative.

Transfer of maintenance

Prescribed time for furnishing information

SCHEDULE 1 Rates of increases for Qualified Adult payable with Illness Benefit, Jobseeker’s Benefit, Injury Benefit, Incapacity Supplement, Jobseeker’s Allowance, Pre-Retirement Allowance, Disability Allowance or Farm Assist

Article 9

Qualified Adult weekly income, calculated or estimated in accordance with article 8	Increase in respect of Qualified Adult
(1)	(2)
	€
Less than or equal to €100.00	123.30
Exceed €100.00 but do not exceed €110.00	117.90
Exceed €110.00 but do not exceed €120.00	112.50
Exceed €120.00 but do not exceed €130.00	106.00
Exceed €130.00 but do not exceed €140.00	99.50
Exceed €140.00 but do not exceed €150.00	93.00
Exceed €150.00 but do not exceed €160.00	86.50
Exceed €160.00 but do not exceed €170.00	80.00
Exceed €170.00 but do not exceed €180.00	73.50
Exceed €180.00 but do not exceed €190.00	67.00
Exceed €190.00 but do not exceed €200.00	60.50
Exceed €200.00 but do not exceed €210.00	54.00
Exceed €210.00 but do not exceed €220.00	47.50
Exceed €220.00 but do not exceed €230.00	41.00
Exceed €230.00 but do not exceed €240.00	34.50
Exceed €240.00 but do not exceed €250.00	28.00
Exceed €250.00 but do not exceed €260.00	21.50
Exceed €260.00 but do not exceed €270.00	15.00
Exceed €270.00 but do not exceed €280.00	8.50
Exceed €280.00	nil

SCHEDULE 2 Rates of tapered qualified adult allowance payable with rates of State Pension (Contributory) and State Pension (Transition) where the qualified adult has attained pensionable age

Articles 10, 62 and 65

Spouse’s earnings:	Yearly Average 48-52	Yearly Average 20-47	Yearly Average 15-19	Yearly Average 10-14	Yearly Average 5-9
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
	€	€	€	€	€
Less than or equal to €100.00	173.00	173.00	129.80	86.50	43.30
Exceed €100.00 but do not exceed €110.00	163.90	163.90	123.00	82.00	41.10
Exceed €110.00 but do not exceed €120.00	154.80	154.80	116.20	77.50	38.90
Exceed €120.00 but do not exceed €130.00	145.70	145.70	109.40	73.00	36.70
Exceed €130.00 but do not exceed €140.00	136.60	136.60	102.60	68.50	34.50
Exceed €140.00 but do not exceed €150.00	127.50	127.50	95.80	64.00	32.30
Exceed €150.00 but do not exceed €160.00	118.40	118.40	89.00	59.50	30.10
Exceed €160.00 but do not exceed €170.00	109.30	109.30	82.20	55.00	27.90
Exceed €170.00 but do not exceed €180.00	100. 20	100. 20	75.40	50.50	25.70
Exceed €180.00 but do not exceed €190.00	91.10	91.10	68.60	46.00	23.50
Exceed €190.00 but do not exceed €200.00	82.00	82.00	61.80	41.50	21.30
Exceed €200.00 but do not exceed €210.00	72.90	72.90	55.00	37.00	19.10
Exceed €210.00 but do not exceed €220.00	63.80	63.80	48.20	32.50	16.90
Exceed €220.00 but do not exceed €230.00	54.70	54.70	41.40	28.00	14.70
Exceed €230.00 but do not exceed €240.00	45.60	45.60	34.60	23.50	12.50
Exceed €240.00 but do not exceed €250.00	36.50	36.50	27.80	19.00	10.30
Exceed €250.00 but do not exceed €260.00	27.40	27.40	21.00	14.50	8.10
Exceed €260.00 but do not exceed €270.00	18.30	18.30	14.20	10.00	5.90
Exceed €270.00 but do not exceed €280.00	9.20	9.20	7.40	5.50	3.70
Exceed €280.00	nil	nil	nil	nil	nil

SCHEDULE 3 Rates of tapered qualified adult allowance payable with rates of State Pension (Contributory) and State Pension (Transition) where the qualified adult has not attained pensionable age

Articles 10, 62 and 65

Spouse’s earnings:	Yearly Average 48-52	Yearly Average 20-47	Yearly Average 15-19	Yearly Average 10-14	Yearly Average 5-9
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
	€	€	€	€	€
Less than or equal to €100.00	139.50	139.50	104.60	69.80	34.90
Exceed €100.00 but do not exceed €110.00	132.20	132.20	99.10	66.20	33.10
Exceed €110.00 but do not exceed €120.00	124.90	124.90	93.60	62.60	31.30
Exceed €120.00 but do not exceed €130.00	117.60	117.60	88.10	59.00	29.50
Exceed €130.00 but do not exceed €140.00	110.30	110.30	82.60	55.40	27.70
Exceed €140.00 but do not exceed €150.00	103.00	103.00	77.10	51.80	25.90
Exceed €150.00 but do not exceed €160.00	95.70	95.70	71.60	48.20	24.10
Exceed €160.00 but do not exceed €170.00	88.40	88.40	66.10	44.60	22.30
Exceed €170.00 but do not exceed €180.00	81.10	81.10	60.60	41.00	20.50
Exceed €180.00 but do not exceed €190.00	73.80	73.80	55.10	37.40	18.70
Exceed €190.00 but do not exceed €200.00	66.50	66.50	49.60	33.80	16.90
Exceed €200.00 but do not exceed €210.00	59.20	59.20	44.10	30.20	15.10
Exceed €210.00 but do not exceed €220.00	51.90	51.90	38.60	26.60	13.30
Exceed €220.00 but do not exceed €230.00	44.60	44.60	33.10	23.00	11.50
Exceed €230.00 but do not exceed €240.00	37.30	37.30	27.60	19.40	9.70
Exceed €240.00 but do not exceed €250.00	30.00	30.00	22.10	15.80	7.90
Exceed €250.00 but do not exceed €260.00	22.70	22.70	16.60	12.20	6.10
Exceed €260.00 but do not exceed €270.00	15.40	15.40	11.10	8.60	4.30
Exceed €270.00 but do not exceed €280.00	8.10	8.10	5.60	5.00	2.50
Exceed €280.00	nil	nil	nil	nil	nil

SCHEDULE 4 Rates of increases for Qualified Adult payable with Invalidity Pension

Article 11

Qualified Adult weekly income, calculated or estimated in accordance with article 8	Increase in respect of Qualified Adult (under 66)	Increase in respect of Qualified Adult (over 66)
(1)	(2)	(3)
	€	€
Less than or equal to €100.00	136.50	173.00
Exceed €100.00 but do not exceed €110.00	129.40	163.90
Exceed €110.00 but do not exceed €120.00	122.30	154.80
Exceed €120.00 but do not exceed €130.00	115.20	145.70
Exceed €130.00 but do not exceed €140.00	108.10	136.60
Exceed €140.00 but do not exceed €150.00	101.00	127.50
Exceed €150.00 but do not exceed €160.00	93.90	118.40
Exceed €160.00 but do not exceed €170.00	86.80	109.30
Exceed €170.00 but do not exceed €180.00	79.70	100.20
Exceed €180.00 but do not exceed €190.00	72.60	91.10
Exceed €190.00 but do not exceed €200.00	65.50	82.00
Exceed €200.00 but do not exceed €210.00	58.40	72.90
Exceed €210.00 but do not exceed €220.00	51.30	63.80
Exceed €220.00 but do not exceed €230.00	44.20	54.70
Exceed €230.00 but do not exceed €240.00	37.10	45.60
Exceed €240.00 but do not exceed €250.00	30.00	36.50
Exceed €250.00 but do not exceed €260.00	22.90	27.40
Exceed €260.00 but do not exceed €270.00	15.80	18.30
Exceed €270.00 but do not exceed €280.00	8.70	9.20
Exceed €280.00	nil	nil

SCHEDULE 5 Reduced rates of Illness Benefit, Health and Safety Benefit and Jobseeker’s Benefit

Articles 27, 37 and 48

Amount of reckonable weekly earnings	Weekly Rate	Increase for Qualified Adult (where payable)
(1)	(2)	(3)
€	€	€
32.00 to 44.43	83.50	79.90
44.44 to 63.48	120.00	79.90
63.49 to 88.87	145.60	79.90

SCHEDULE 6 Reduced rates of Illness Benefit, Health and Safety Benefit and Jobseeker’s Benefit

Articles 27, 37 and 48

Amount of reckonable weekly earnings	Weekly Rate	Increase for Qualified Adult (where payable)
(1)	(2)	(3)
€	€	€
32.00 to 79.99	83.50	79.90
80.00 to 124.99	120.00	79.90
125.00 to 149.99	145.60	79.90

SCHEDULE 7 Rates of increases for Qualified Adult, payable with reduced rates of Illness Benefit and Jobseeker’s Benefit

Articles 27 and 48

Qualified Adult weekly income, calculated or estimated in accordance with article 8	Increase in respect of Qualified Adult
(1)	(2)
	€
Less than or equal to €100.00	79.90
Exceed €100.00 but do not exceed €110.00	75.80
Exceed €110.00 but do not exceed €120.00	71.70
Exceed €120.00 but do not exceed €130.00	67.60
Exceed €130.00 but do not exceed €140.00	63.50
Exceed €140.00 but do not exceed €150.00	59.40
Exceed €150.00 but do not exceed €160.00	55.30
Exceed €160.00 but do not exceed €170.00	51.20
Exceed €170.00 but do not exceed €180.00	47.10
Exceed €180.00 but do not exceed €190.00	43.00
Exceed €190.00 but do not exceed €200.00	38.90
Exceed €200.00 but do not exceed €210.00	34.80
Exceed €210.00 but do not exceed €220.00	30.70
Exceed €220.00 but do not exceed €230.00	26.60
Exceed €230.00 but do not exceed €240.00	22.50
Exceed €240.00 but do not exceed €250.00	18.40
Exceed €250.00 but do not exceed €260.00	14.30
Exceed €260.00 but do not exceed €270.00	10.20
Exceed €270.00 but do not exceed €280.00	6.10
Exceed €280.00	nil

SCHEDULE 8 Reduced rates of State Pension (Contributory) where contribution conditions are partially satisfied and increases for qualified adult

Articles 62 and 65

Yearly Average	Weekly Rate	Increase for Qualified Adult (under 66)	Increase for Qualified Adult (over 66)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
	€	€	€
20 to 47	205.50	139.50	173.00
15 to 19	157.00	104.60	129.80
10 to 14	104.70	69.80	86.50
5 to 9	52.30	34.90	43.30

SCHEDULE 9 Rates of tapered qualified adult allowance payable with State Pension (Contributory) and State Pension (Transition) where beneficiary was entitled to or in receipt of a qualified adult allowance on 5 April 2001

Articles 62 and 65

Spouse’s earnings:	Increase for Qualified Adult (over 66)	Increase for Qualified Adult (under 66)
(1)	(2)	(3)
	€	€
Less than or equal to €100.00	129.80	113.10
Exceed €100.00 but do not exceed €110.00	122.80	107.00
Exceed €110.00 but do not exceed €120.00	115.80	100.90
Exceed €120.00 but do not exceed €130.00	108.80	94.80
Exceed €130.00 but do not exceed €140.00	101.80	88.70
Exceed €140.00 but do not exceed €150.00	94.80	82.60
Exceed €150.00 but do not exceed €160.00	87.80	76.50
Exceed €160.00 but do not exceed €170.00	80.80	70.40
Exceed €170.00 but do not exceed €180.00	73.80	64.30
Exceed €180.00 but do not exceed €190.00	66.80	58.20
Exceed €190.00 but do not exceed €200.00	59.80	52.10
Exceed €200.00 but do not exceed €210.00	52.80	46.00
Exceed €210.00 but do not exceed €220.00	45.80	39.90
Exceed €220.00 but do not exceed €230.00	38.80	33.80
Exceed €230.00 but do not exceed €240.00	31.80	27.70
Exceed €240.00 but do not exceed €250.00	24.80	21.60
Exceed €250.00 but do not exceed €260.00	17.80	15.50
Exceed €260.00 but do not exceed €270.00	10.80	9.40
Exceed €270.00 but do not exceed €280.00	3.80	3.30
Exceed €280.00	nil	nil

SCHEDULE 10 Reduced rates of State Pension (Transition) where contribution conditions are partially satisfied

Article 71

Yearly Average	Weekly Rate
(1)	(2)
	€
24 to 47	205.50

SCHEDULE 11 Reduced rates of Widow's (Contributory) Pension, and deserted wife's benefit where contribution conditions are partially satisfied

Articles 80, 81, 87 and 88

Yearly Average	Weekly Rate (under 66)	Weekly Rate (over 66)
(1)	(2)	(3)
	€	€
36 to 47	188.60	205.90
24 to 35	185.80	200.30
18 to 23	137.60	150.20
12 to 17	90.70	99.70
5 to 11	45.90	49.90

SCHEDULE 12 Deserted wife's benefit — effect of income limit

Article 89(1)(a)

Aggregate of reckonable income and reckonable earnings	Weekly Rate (under 66)	Weekly Rate (over 66)
(1)	(2)	(3)
€	€	€
Exceeds 12,698 but does not exceed 13,968	153.00	167.40
Exceeds 13,968 but does not exceed 15,237	114.80	125.60
Exceeds 15,237 but does not exceed 16,507	76.50	83.70
Exceeds 16,507 but does not exceed 17,777	38.30	41.90

SCHEDULE 13 Deserted wife's benefit — reduced rates payable where contribution conditions are partially satisfied and effect of income limit where claimant is under 66

Articles 89(1)(b)(i) and 89(1)(c)

Aggregate of reckonable income and reckonable earnings	Yearly Average 5 to 11	Yearly Average 12 to 17	Yearly Average 18 to 23	Yearly Average 24 to 35	Yearly Average 36 to 47
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
€	€	€	€	€	€
Exceeds 12,698 but does not exceed 13,968	36.70	72.60	110.10	148.60	150.90
Exceeds 13,968 but does not exceed 15,237	27.50	54.40	82.60	111.50	113.20
Exceeds 15,237 but does not exceed 16,507	18.40	36.30	55.00	74.30	75.40
Exceeds 16,507 but does not exceed 17,777	9.20	18.10	27.50	37.20	37.70

SCHEDULE 14 Deserted wife's benefit — reduced rates payable where contribution conditions are partially satisfied and effect of income limit where claimant is over 66

Articles 89(1)(b)(ii) and 89(1)(d)

Aggregate of reckonable income and reckonable earnings	Yearly Average 5 to 11	Yearly Average 12 to 17	Yearly Average 18 to 23	Yearly Average 24 to 35	Yearly Average 36 to 47
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
€	€	€	€	€	€
Exceeds 12,698 but does not exceed 13,968	39.90	79.80	120.20	160.20	164.70
Exceeds 13,968 but does not exceed 15,237	29.90	59.80	90.10	120.20	123.50
Exceeds 15,237 but does not exceed 16,507	20.00	39.90	60.10	80.10	82.40
Exceeds 16,507 but does not exceed 17,777	10.00	19.90	30.00	40.10	41.20

SCHEDULE 15 Extension of period for payment of claims made more than 12 months after the due date

Article 185

Period from date of establishment of entitlement to the date the claim was made	Period by which payment shall be extended beyond that specified in section 241(2)
(1)	(2)
Exceeds 1 year but not 2 years	50% of the number of weeks exceeding 1 year from the date claim was made
Exceeds 2 years but not 3 years	40% of the number of weeks exceeding 2 years from the date claim was made plus 26 weeks
Exceeds 3 years but not 4 years	30% of the number of weeks exceeding 3 years from the date claim was made plus 47 weeks
Exceeds 4 years but not 5 years	20% of the number of weeks exceeding 4 years from the date claim was made plus 63 weeks
Exceeds 5 years	10% of the number of weeks exceeding 5 years from the date claim was made plus 73 weeks

SCHEDULE 16 Island Allowance

Article 234

Each of the following shall be an island prescribed for the purposes of section 2(1):

An tOileán Ruaidh (also known as Island Roy), Co. Donegal

Árainn Mhr, Co. Donegal,

Árainn, Co. Galway,

Bere Island, Co. Cork,

Claggan Island, Co. Mayo,

Clare Island, Co. Mayo,

Cléire, Co. Cork,

Clynish, Co. Mayo,

Coney Island, Co. Sligo,

Dursey Island, Co. Cork,

Fenit Island, Co. Kerry,

Foynes Island, Co. Limerick,

Gabhla, Co. Donegal,

Heir Island (also know as Inishodriscol), Co. Cork,

Inis Bearachain, Co. Galway,

Inis Bigil, Co. Mayo,

Inis B Finne, Co. Donegal,

Inis Fraoich Uachtarach, Co. Donegal,

Inis Meáin, Co. Galway,

Inis Mhic Chionnaith, Co. Galway,

Inis Oírr, Co. Galway,

Inis Treabhair, Co. Galway,

Inishboffin, Co. Galway,

Inishcottle, Co. Mayo,

Inishgort, Co. Mayo,

Inishlyre, Co. Mayo,

Inishnakillew, Co. Mayo,

Inishturk Beg, Co. Mayo,

Inishturk, Co. Mayo,

Inse Ghainnimh, Co. Galway,

Islandmore, Co. Mayo

Lambay Island, Co. Dublin,

Long Island, Co. Cork,

Omey Island, Co. Galway,

Sherkin Island, Co. Cork,

Toraigh, Co. Donegal, and

Whiddy Island, Co. Cork.

SCHEDULE 17 Revocations

Article 5

S.I. Number	Regulations	Extent of Revocation
(1)	(2)	(3)
S.I. No. 126 of 1962	Social Welfare (General Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations 1963	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 234 of 1967	Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) (Medical Care) (Amendment) Regulations 1967	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 417 of 1994	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations 1994	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 25 of 1995	European Communities (Social Welfare) Regulations 1995	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 26 of 1995	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 1995	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 94 of 1995	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1995	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 146 of 1995	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1995	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 242 of 1995	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1995	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 303 of 1995	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1995	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 95 of 1996	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 1996	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 143 of 1996	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 1996	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 172 of 1996	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1996	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 189 of 1996	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 1996	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 297 of 1996	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 1996	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 374 of 1996	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 8) (Assessment of Means) Regulations 1996	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 375 of 1996	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 7) (Unemployment Assistance) Regulations 1996	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 426 of 1996	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 10) (One-parent Family Payment) Regulations 1996	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 156 of 1997	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (Household Budgeting) Regulations 1997	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 237 of 1997	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Increase in Rates) Regulations 1997	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 249 of 1997	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 4) (Maternity and Adoptive Benefit) Regulations 1997	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 251 of 1997	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 3) (Disability Allowance) Regulations 1997	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 293 of 1997	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 5) (Homemakers) Regulations 1997	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 333 of 1997	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 1997	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 436 of 1997	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 8) Regulations 1997	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 438 of 1997	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 9) (Widow’s and Widower’s (Non-Contributory) Pension) Regulations 1997	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 489 of 1997	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 10) (Pensions) Regulations 1997	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 492 of 1997	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 11) (Increase for Qualified Adult) Regulations 1997	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 530 of 1997	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 13) (Treatment Benefit) Regulations 1997	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 54 of 1998	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (Educational Opportunities) Regulations 1998	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 55 of 1998	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Late Claims) Regulations 1998	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 105 of 1998	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 3) (Calculation of Yearly Average) Regulations 1998	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 137 of 1998	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 4) (Availability and Genuinely Seeking Employment Conditions) Regulations 1998	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 184 of 1998	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No.5) (Increase in Rates) Regulations 1998	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 185 of 1998	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 6) (Rehabilitative Employment) Regulations 1998	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 186 of 1998	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 7) (Death Grant) Regulations 1998	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 187 of 1998	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 8) (Miscellaneous) Regulations 1998	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 139 of 1999	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 1999	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 161 of 1999	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 3) (Respite Care Grant) Regulations 1999	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 164 of 1999	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Increases in Rates) Regulations 1999	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 256 of 1999	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 4) (Carer’s Allowance) Regulations 1999	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 300 of 1999	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 6) (Bereavement Grant and Homemakers) Regulations 1999	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 301 of 1999	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 5) (Increase for Qualified Adult) Regulations 1999	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 324 of 1999	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 7) (Unemployment Assistance, Pre-Retirement Allowance and Farm Assist) Regulations 1999	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 81 of 2000	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (Increase for Qualified Adult) Regulations 2000	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 82 of 2000	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Homemakers) Regulations 2000	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 83 of 2000	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 1) (Disregard from Spouse’s Earnings) Regulations 2000	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 103 of 2000	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 4) (Rehabilitative Employment) Regulations 2000	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 106 of 2000	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 3) (Carers) Regulations 2000	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 122 of 2000	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 5) (Increase in Rates) Regulations 2000	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 123 of 2000	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 6) (Family Income Supplement) Regulations 2000	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 124 of 2000	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 7) (Increase for Qualified Adult) Regulations 2000	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 159 of 2000	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 8) (Late Claims) Regulations 2000	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 160 of 2000	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 9) (Loss of Purchasing Power) Regulations 2000	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 232 of 2000	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 10) (Sale of Residence) Regulations 2000	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 265 of 2000	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 11) (Child Benefit) Regulations 2000	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 313 of 2000	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 12) (Capital Assessment) Regulations 2000	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 340 of 2000	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 13) (Carers) Regulations 2000	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 99 of 2001	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (Increase in Rates) Regulations 2001	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 103 of 2001	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 1) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2001	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 132 of 2001	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2001	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 242 of 2001	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 3) (Sharing of Information) Regulations 2001	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 326 of 2001	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 4) (Island Allowance) Regulations 2001	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 408 of 2001	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 5) (Educational Opportunities) Regulations 2001	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 548 of 2001	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 6) (Widowed Parent Grant) Regulations 2001	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 614 of 2001	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 7) (Euro) Regulations 2001	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 650 of 2001	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 8) (Increase in Rates) Regulations 2001	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 120 of 2002	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2002	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 332 of 2002	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 1) (Qualified Child) Regulations 2002	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 461 of 2002	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Means Assessment) Regulations 2002	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 631 of 2002	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 3) (Increase in Rates) Regulations 2002	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 121 of 2003	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (Carers) Regulations 2003	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 170 of 2003	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 1) (Means Assessment) Regulations 2003	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 235 of 2003	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Means Assessment) Regulations 2003	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 323 of 2003	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 3) (Compensation Payments) Regulations 2003	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 396 of 2003	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 4) (Child Benefit) Regulations 2003	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 427 of 2003	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 5) (Compensation Payments) Regulations 2003	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 453 of 2003	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 6) (Qualified Child Increase) Regulations 2003	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 696 of 2003	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 9) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2003	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 724 of 2003	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 7) (Increase in Rates) Regulations 2003	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 725 of 2003	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 8) (Graduated Rates) Regulations 2003	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 9 of 2004	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 1) (Qualified Child Increase) Regulations 2004	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 125 of 2004	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2004	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 145 of 2004	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 3) (Overlapping Payments) Regulations 2004	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 660 of 2004	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 4) (Maternity Benefit) Regulations 2004	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 846 of 2004	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 6) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2004	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 847 of 2004	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 7) (Qualified Child Increase) Regulations 2004	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 850 of 2004	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 5) (Increase in Rates) Regulations 2004	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 184 of 2005	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (Capital Assessment and Carer’s) Regulations 2005	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 185 of 2005	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 1) (Treatment Benefit) Regulations 2005	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 186 of 2005	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Homemakers) Regulations 2005	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 231 of 2005	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 3) (Respite Care Grant) Regulations 2005	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 350 of 2005	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 4) (Family Income Supplement) Regulations 2005	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 351 of 2005	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 5) (Island Allowance) Regulations 2005	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 880 of 2005	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 6) (Increase in Rates) Regulations 2005	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 120 of 2006	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (Benefit and Privilege) Regulations 2006	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 145 of 2006	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Carers) Regulations 2006	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 147 of 2006	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 1) (Early Childcare Supplement) Regulations 2006	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 199 of 2006	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 3) (Island Allowance) Regulations 2006	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 200 of 2006	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 4) (Assessment of Maintenance) Regulations 2006	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 201 of 2006	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 5) (Treatment Benefit) Regulations 2006	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 202 of 2006	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 7) (Maternity and Adoptive Benefit) Regulations 2006	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 219 of 2006	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 6) (Qualified Adult and Earnings from Rehabilitative Employment) Regulations 2006	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 288 of 2006	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 8) (Carers and Homemakers) Regulations 2006	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 486 of 2006	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 9) (One-Parent Family Payment) (Assessment of Earnings) Regulations 2006	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 487 of 2006	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 10) (Treatment Benefit) Regulations 2006	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 497 of 2006	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 11) (Compensation Payments) Regulations 2006	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 519 of 2006	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 12) (State and Widow(er)’s Pension (Non-Contributory) Earnings Disregard) Regulations 2006	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 571 of 2006	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 13) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2006	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 681 of 2006	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 16) (Early Childcare Supplement) Regulations 2006	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 692 of 2006	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 14) (Increase in Rates) Regulations 2006	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 696 of 2006	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 15) (Absence from State and Imprisonment) Regulations 2006	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 43 of 2007	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (Jobseeker’s Benefit) (Redundancy — Exemption from Disqualification) Regulations 2007	The whole Regulations
S.I. No. 128 of 2007	Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 1) (Maternity Benefit and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2007	The whole Regulations

GIVEN under my Official Seal

28 March 2007

SÉAMUS BRENNAN

Minister for Social and Family Affairs.

The Minister for Health and Children hereby consents to the making of the foregoing regulations.

GIVEN under my Official Seal

28 March 2007

MARY HARNEY

Minister for Health and Children

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

GIVEN under my Official Seal

28 March 2007

BRIAN COWEN

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These regulations consolidate the regulatory provisions relating to—

• • All of the social insurance payments other than Occupational Injuries Benefits (Part 2),

• • All of the social assistance payments, other than supplementary welfare allowance (Part 3),

• • Child Benefit (Part 4),

• • Respite Care Grant (Part 5),

• • Family Income Supplement (Part 6),

• • Related provisions governing the making of claims and payments (Part 7) including—

— Loss of purchasing power,

— Absence from State and Imprisonment,