S.I. No. 785 of 2007

INFECTIOUS DISEASES MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE (INCREASED PAYMENT) REGULATIONS, 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

�Iris Oifigi�il� of 7th December, 2007.

The Minister for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers vested in her by Section 5 and Section 44(5) of the Health Act, 1947 , (No. 28 of 1947), as adapted by the Health (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order (S.I. 308 of 1997), hereby makes the following regulations-

Citation

1. These regulations may be cited as the Infectious Diseases Maintenance Allowance (Increased Payment) Regulations, 2007.

Rate of Payment

2. Where a person is or becomes entitled to payment under sub-section (3) of Section 44 of the Health Act, 1947 in accordance with the Infectious Diseases (Maintenance Allowances) Regulations, 2007 ( S.I. No. 618 of 2006 ), any amount so payable, in respect of the week commencing 3rd December, 2007 to or in respect of the person or his/her dependants shall be increased by a sum equal to 100 per cent of that amount or �30.00 whichever is the greater.

The Minister for Finance consents to these Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance,

30 November 2007

BRIAN COWEN.

T�naiste and Minister for Finance.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health and Children,

30 November 2007

MARY HARNEY.

Minister for Health and Children.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The effect of these Regulations is to increase, in respect of the week commencing 3rd December, 2007, the maximum weekly rate of maintenance allowance payable under Section 44 of the Health Act 1947 by a sum equal to one hundred per cent of that amount or �30.00, whichever is the greater.