Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 20th January, 2015.

I, JOAN BURTON, Minister for Social Protection, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 4 (amended by section 96 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 10 of 2011)) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26 of 2005), and by Reference 19 (amended by section 26 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010 (No. 37 of 2010)) in Table 2 of Schedule 3, to the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 , with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and construction

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (No. 1) (Assessment of Means) Regulations 2015.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations 2007 to 2014 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations 2007 to 2015.

Calculation of means

2. Article 36 (amended by article 2 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Assessment of Means) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 156 of 2014 )) of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 412 of 2007 ) is amended by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (b):

"(ba) any ex gratia payments-

(i) approved by the Lourdes Hospital Redress Board under the terms of the Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme 2007,

(ii) made under the terms of the Lourdes Hospital Payment Scheme established by the Minister for Health, or

(iii) made under the terms of the Surgical Symphysiotomy ex gratia Scheme established by the Minister for Health and referred to as the Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme,".

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

15 January 2015.

BRENDAN HOWLIN,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

16 January 2015.

JOAN BURTON,

Minister for Social Protection.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

These Regulations provide that any income received by way of ex gratia payments from-

- the Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme 2007,

- the Lourdes Hospital Payment Scheme, and

- the Surgical Symphysiotomy ex gratia Scheme,

will be disregarded in the assessment of means for the purposes of the Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme.