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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 2nd February, 2021. | ||
I, HEATHER HUMPHREYS, Minister for Social Protection, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 4 (adapted by the Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 447 of 2020 )), and by Reference 19 in Table 2 to Schedule 3 to the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26 of 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 Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 4) (Income Disregard) Regulations 2021. | ||
(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2021 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2021. | ||
Commencement | ||
2. These Regulations shall have effect from 1 October 2020. | ||
Disregard of certain income | ||
3. Article 155 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 (S. I. No. 142 of 2007) is amended by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (bc): | ||
“(bd) in so far as it relates to a claim for disability allowance, any ex gratia payments made by the State Claims Agency arising from claims settled on or after 1 October 2020 in respect of the Pandemrix vaccine,”. | ||
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the foregoing Regulations. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
27 January, 2021. | ||
MICHAEL MCGRATH, | ||
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
28 January, 2021. | ||
HEATHER HUMPHREYS, | ||
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, in relation to any claim for Disability Allowance, that any ex gratia payment made by the State Claims Agency in the case of a claim settled on or after 1 October 2020 in respect of the Pandemrix vaccine will be disregarded in the assessment of means. |
