S.I. No. 387/1986:

SOCIAL WELFARE (TEMPORARY PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS, 1986.

SOCIAL WELFARE (TEMPORARY PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS, 1986.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 3 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 (No. 1 of 1981) and section 308 of the said Act as amended by section 9 of the Social Welfare Act, 1982 (No. 2 of 1982), hereby makes the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Temporary Provisions) Regulations, 1986.

2. Where a person is or becomes entitled to any pension, benefit, allowance or assistance mentioned in this article, any amount payable to him by way of that pension, benefit, allowance or assistance (including any increases) shall be increased by a sum equal to 65 per cent. of that amount in respect of the week commencing on--

(i) the 4th day of December, 1986 in the case of retirement pension, invalidity pension, deserted wife's benefit, deserted wife's allowance, prisoner's wife's allowance, social assistance allowance or single woman's allowance, or

(ii) the 5th day of December, 1986 in the case of disablement pension, death benefit by way of pension, old age (contributory) pension, survivor's benefit under section 87 of the Social Welfare Acts 1981 to 1986, widow's (contributory) pension, orphan's (contributory) allowance, old age pension, blind pension, widow's (non-contributory) pension or orphan's (non-contributory) pension, or

(iii) the 26th day of November, 1986 in the case of unemployment assistance at the rates mentioned in paragraph 1.A (1) and i.B (1) of the Fourth Schedule of the Social Welfare Acts 1981 to 1986.

3. Where the increased rate of pension, benefit, allowance or assistance payable to a person under these Regulations includes an amount which is less than a multiple of five pence, such amount shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of five pence.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this

2nd day of December 1986.

GEMMA HUSSEY,

Minister for Social Welfare.

The Minister for Finance hereby sanctions the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this

2nd day of December 1986.

JOHN BRUTON,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations provide for an increase in the weekly payment for long-term social welfare recipients in the appropriate week in December 1986.

The provision to increase by 65% the weekly amount in payment, including any increases for dependants, applies to recipients of disablement pension, death benefit by way of pension, old age (contributory) pension, retirement pension, survivors benefit under section 87, invalidity pension, deserted wife's benefit, widow's (contributory) pension, orphan's (contributory) allowance, old age (non-contributory) pension, blind pension, widow's (non-contributory) pension, orphan's (non-contributory) pension, deserted wife's allowance, prisoners wife's allowance, social assistance allowance, single woman's allowance and unemployment assistance at the long-term rate.