S.I. No. 312/1988:

SOCIAL WELFARE (TEMPORARY PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS, 1988.

SOCIAL WELFARE (TEMPORARY PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS, 1988.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him 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, 1988.

2. In these Regulations:--

"the Principal Act" means the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 (No. 1 of 1981 );

"the No. 2 Act of 1985" means the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1985 (No. 14 of 1985).

3. 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 increase thereof) shall be increased by a sum equal to 65 per cent of that amount in respect of the week commencing on

(i) the 8th day of December, 1988 in the case of retirement pension, invalidity pension, deserted wife's benefit, deserted wife's allowance, prisoner's wife's allowance, unmarried mother's allowance or single woman's allowance, or

(ii) the 9th day of December, 1988 in the case of disablement pension, death benefit by way of pension, old age (contributory) pension, survivor's benefit under section 87 of the Principal Act (as amended by section 8 of the No. 2 Act of 1985), 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 30th day of November, 1988 in the case of unemployment assistance at the rates mentioned in paragraph 1.A (1) and 1.B (1) of the Fourth Schedule of the Social Welfare Acts 1981 to 1988.

4. Where, by virtue of the provisions of these Regulations, the weekly rate of pension, benefit, allowance or assistance (including any increase thereof) is increased, the amount so payable shall be rounded up to the nearest 10p where it is a multiple of 5p but not also a multiple of 10p and shall be rounded to the nearest 10p where it is not a multiple of 5p or 10p.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare

this 30th day of November, 1988.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for Social Welfare.

The Minister for Finance hereby sanctions the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this 30th day of November, 1988.

ALBERT REYNOLDS,

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 1988.

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, invalidity pension, deserted wife's benefit, widow's (contributory) pension, orphan's (contributory) allowance, blind pension, old age (non-contributory) pension, orphan's (non-contributory) pension, deserted wife's allowance, prisoner's wife's allowance, social assistance allowance, single woman's allowance and unemployment assistance at the long-term rate.