S.I. No. 309/1989:

SOCIAL WELFARE (TEMPORARY PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS, 1989.

SOCIAL WELFARE (TEMPORARY PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS, 1989.

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 that 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, 1989.

2. In these Regulations:--

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

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 70 per cent of that amount in respect of the week commencing on

(i) the 7th day of December,1989 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, single woman's allowance or deserted husband's allowance, or

(ii) the 8th day of December, 1989 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 Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1985 (No. 14 of 1985)), widow's (contributory) pension, orphan's (contributory) allowance, old age pension, blind pension, widow's (non-contributory) pension, orphan's (non-contributory) pension or widower's (non-contributory) pension, or

(iii) the 29th day of November, 1989 in the case of unemployment assistance at the rate mentioned in paragraph 1 (a) of Part 1 of the Fourth Schedule to the Principal Act, as amended by the Social Welfare Act, 1989 (No. 4 of 1989).

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 27th day of November, 1989.

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 27th day of November, 1989.

ALBERT REYNOLDS,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations provide for an increase in the weekly payment for long-term welfare recipients in the appropriate week in December, 1989.

The provision to increase by 70 per cent 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.

It also applies to recipients to the new widower's (non-contributory) pension and deserted husband's allowance introduced in October this year.