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Uimhir 3 de 1980
AN tACHT LEASA SHÓISIALAIGH, 1980
[An tiontú oifigiúil]
Mínithe.
1.—San Acht seo—
ciallaíonn “Acht 1933” an tAcht um Chongnamh Dhíomhaointis, 1933;
ciallaíonn “Acht 1935” an tAcht um Pinsin do Bhaintreacha agus do Dhílleachtaithe, 1935;
ciallaíonn “Acht 1952” an tAcht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952;
ciallaíonn “Acht 1966” an tAcht Leasa Shóisialaigh (Díobhálacha Ceirde), 1966;
ciallaíonn “Acht 1967” an tAcht Leasa Shóisialaigh (Forálacha Ilghnéitheacha), 1967;
ciallaíonn “Acht 1969” an tAcht Leasa Shóisialaigh (Forálacha Ilghnéitheacha). 1969;
ciallaíonn “Acht 1975” an tAcht Leasa Shóisialaigh (Liúntais Leasa Forlíontacha), 1975;
ciallaíonn “Acht 1976” an tAcht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1976;
ciallaíonn “Acht 1977” an tAcht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1977;
ciallaíonn “Acht 1978” an tAcht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1978;
ciallaíonn “Acht 1979” an tAcht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1979;
ciallaíonn “Rialacháin 1979” na Rialacháin Leasa Shóisialaigh (Athrú sna Rátaí Íocaíochtaí), 1979 (I.R. Uimh. 320 de 1979).
Ochtú Sceideal a chur isteach in Acht 1952.
2.—Leasaítear leis seo Acht 1952 tríd an Ochtú Sceideal atá leagtha amach sa Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht seo a chur isteach i ndiaidh an Seachtú Sceideal.
Pinsin seanaoise (rátaí nua agus leathnú ar na teorainneacha acmhainne).
3.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo alt 77 d'Acht 1952—
(a) tríd an bhfo-alt seo a leanas a chur in ionad fho-alt (2) (a cuireadh isteach le hAcht 1979 agus a athraíodh le Rialacháin 1979):
“(2) (a) Is é an ráta (dá ngairtear an ráta sceidealta san alt seo) pinsin an ráta seachtainiúil, atá leagtha amach i gcolún (2) de Chuid I den Ochtú Sceideal (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1980) a ghabhann leis an Acht seo, móide, i gcás leanbh cáilithe nó leanaí cáilithe a bheith ann, an méid atá leagtha amach i gcolún (4) den Chuid sin i leith leanbh cáilithe nó gach duíne de bheirt leanbh cháilithe agus, ina theannta sin, i gcás níos mó ná beirt leanbh cháilithe den sórt sin a bheith ann, an méid atá leagtha amach i gcolún (5) den Chuid sin i leith gach leanbh cáilithe de bhreis ar bheirt.
(b) Beidh pinsean iníoctha—
(i) i gcás nach mó ná £6 acmhainn sheachtainiúil an éilitheora nó an phinsinéara. de réir an ráta sceidealta, agus
(ii) i gcás ar mó ná £6 an acmhainn sheachtainiúil sin, de réir an ráta sceidealta lúide an méid atá leagtha amach i gcolún (2) de Chuid II den Ochtú Sceideal sin i leith gach suim £1 (más ann) atá san acmhainn sheachtainiúil sin de bhreis ar £6, agus aon chodán de £1 san acmhainn sheachtainiúil sin a áireamh chun na críche sin mar £1: ach más lú ná 50p an ráta arna ríomh de bhun na fomhíre seo ar dá réir, murach an coinníoll seo, a bheadh an pinsean iníoctha, ní bheidh an pinsean iníoctha.
(c) Chun críocha an ailt seo, is í an acmhainn sheachtainiúil an acmhainn bhliantúil arna roinnt ar 52.”;
agus
(b) trí na fo-ailt seo a leanas a chur in ionad fho-alt (5) (a cuireadh isteach le hAcht 1969) agus fho-alt (6) (a cuireadh isteach le hAcht 1977):
“(5) Déanfar an ráta pinsin is iníoctha de réir fho-alt (2) den alt seo a mhéadú—
(a) an méid atá leagtha amach i gcolún (6) de Chuid I den Ochtú Sceideal (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1980) a ghabhann leis an Acht seo in aghaidh aon tréimhse—
(i) a bheidh an pinsinéir chomh héagumasach sin go dteastóidh cúram agus aire lánaimsire uaidh.
(ii) a bheidh gaol forordaithe leis an bpinsinéir ina chónaí leis an bpinsinéir chun an cúram agus an aire sin a thabhairt, agus
(iii) a chomhlíonfar cibé coinníollacha a bheidh forordaithe,
ar choinníoll nach mbeidh níos mó ná méadú amháin ar an bpinsean iníoctha faoin mír seo ná faoi alt 20 (8) (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1980) den Acht um Pinsin do Bhaintreacha agus do Dhílleachtaithe, 1935, ná faoi alt 26 (4) (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh (Forálacha Ilghnéitheacha), 1968) den Acht seo i leith aon ghaoil fhorordaithe, agus
(b) an méid atá leagtha amach i gcolún (7) de Chuid I den Ochtú Sceideal sin i gcás aois inphinsin a bheith slánaithe ag an duine atá i dteideal an phinsin agus go gcónaíonn sé ina aonar, agus
(c) an méid atá leagtha amach i gcolún (8) de Chuid I den Ochtú Sceideal sin i gcás 80 bliain d'aois a bheith slánaithe ag an bpinsinéir, agus
(d) an méid a ríomhfar de réir Chuid III den Ochtú Sceideal sin i gcás ar duine de lánúin phósta an pinsinéir—
(i) más fear an pinsinéir, i leith a bhanchéile má tá sé ina chónaí léi nó á cothabháil go hiomlán nó go formhór agus nach bhfuil pinsean faoi na hAchtanna ná aon sochar, pinsean ná liúntas faoi na hAchtanna Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952 go 1980, á fháil aici, nó
(ii) más bean an pinsinéir, i leith a fearchéile má tá sí á chothabháil go hiomlán nó go formhór agus go bhfuil seisean éagumasach de dheasca éiglíocht coirp nó meabhrach ar é féin a chothú agus nach bhfuil pinsean faoi na hAchtanna ná aon sochar, pinsean ná liúntas faoi na hAchtanna Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952 go 1980, á fháil aige.
(6) Oifigeach breithiúnachta arna cheapadh ag an Aire faoi alt 41 den Acht seo a dhéanfaidh cinneadh ar iarratas ar mhéadú faoi fho-alt (5) (a) den alt seo.”.
(2) Leasaítear leis seo alt 8 d'Acht na bPinsean Sean-Aoise, 1924, tríd an bhfo-alt seo a leanas a chur in ionad fho-alt (1) (a cuireadh isteach le hAcht 1977):
“(1) Is coinníoll reachtúil le go bhfaighidh aon duine pinsean faoi Achtanna na bPinsean Seanaoise, 1908 go 1980, go ndeimhneoidh an duine do na húdaráis pinsean nach mó a acmhainn arna ríomh faoi na hAchtanna sin ná an t-uasmhéid iomchuí acmhainne ag ar féidir pinsean a íoc leis an duine sin faoi alt 77 (2) (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1980) den Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952.”.
(3) Tiocfaidh an t-alt seo i ngníomh an 4ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980.
Ísliú ar an aois cháilitheach le haghaidh pinsean do dhaill agus foráil iarmhartach.
4.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo alt 6 (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh (Uimh. 2), 1976) d'Acht na bPinsean Sean-Aoise, 1932, trí “18 mbliana” a chur in ionad “21 bliain” sa dá áit ina bhfuil sé.
(2) Dall ar iníoctha pinsean ina leith faoi Achtanna na bPinsean Seanaoise, 1908 go 1980—
(a) ní leanbh cáilithe a bheidh ann chun críocha na nAchtanna sin, na nAchtanna um Pinsin do Bhaintreacha agus do Dhílleachtaí, 1935 go 1980, nó na nAchtanna Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952 go 1980, ná
(b) ní leanbh cáilithe a bheidh ann chun críocha Acht 1966.
(3) Tiocfaidh an t-alt seo i ngníomh an 4ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980.
Déanfar neamhshuim de mhéadú ar thuillimh i gcás dall.
5.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo an Seachtú Sceideal a ghabhann le hAcht 1952 trí “£312” agus “£208”, faoi seach, a chur in ionad “£208” agus “£156” (a cuireadh isteach le hAcht 1977) sa dá áit ina bhfuil siad i Riail 1 (II) (h).
(2) Tiocfaidh an t-alt seo i ngníomh an 4ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980.
Cúnamh dífhostaíochta (rátaí nua agus méadú do chleithiúnaithe aosaithe áirithe).
6.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo Acht 1933 tríd an alt seo a leanas a chur in ionad alt 17:
“17.—(1) Faoi réir fho-alt (2) den alt seo, is é a bheidh sa ráta cúnaimh dhífhostaíochta (dá ngairtear an ráta sceidealta san alt seo) an ráta seachtainiúil atá leagtha amach i gcolún (2) de Chuid I den Ochtú Sceideal (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1980) a ghabhann leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952, móide—
(a) an méid atá leagtha amach i gcolún (3) den Chuid sin in aghaidh aon tréimhse—
(i) a bheidh an t-iarratasóir nó an faighteoir ina chónaí lena bhanchéile agus á cóthabháil go hiomlán nó go formhór, nó
(ii) a bheidh an t-iarratasóir nó an faighteoir ag cothabháil a fearchéile go hiomlán nó go formhór agus eisean éagumasach de dheasca éiglíocht éigin coirp nó meabhrach ar é féin a chothú, nó
(iii) a bheidh an t-iarratasóir nó an faighteoir—
(I) is duine singil, baintreach nó baintreach fir, nó
(II) is duine pósta nach bhfuil ina chónaí lena chéile ná ag cothabháil a chéile go hiomlán nó go formhór ná á chothabháil go hiomlán nó go formhór ag a chéile,
ag cothabháil, go hiomlán nó go formhór, bean os cionn 16 bliana d'aois atá ag tabhairt aire do leanbh nó do leanaí cáilithe a chónaíonn go rialta leis an iarratasóir nó leis an bhfaighteoir,
faoi réir na sriantachta nach mbeidh teideal ag an iarratasóir ná ag an bhfaighteoir chun méadaithe ar chúnamh faoin mír seo i leith níos mó ná duine amháin, agus
(b) an méid atá leagtha amach i gcolún (4) den Chuid sin i leith leanbh cáilithe nó i leith gach duine de bheirt leanbh cháilithe a chónaíonn go rialta leis an iarratasóir nó leis an bhfaighteoir agus, ina theannta sin, i gcás níos mó ná beirt leanbh den sórt sin a bheith ann, an méid atá leagtha amach i gcolún (5) den Chuid sin i leith gach leanbh den sórt sin de bhreis ar bheirt.
(2) Aon uair a bheidh duine i dteideal cúnamh dífhostaíochta a fháil tabharfar an cúnamh sin dó i bhfoirm íocaíochta airgid de réir cibé ráta díobh seo a leanas is infheidhme—
(a) má bhíonn sé gan acmhainn, de réir an ráta sceidealta, agus
(b) má bhíonn acmhainn aige, de réir ráta is ionann agus an ráta sceidealta arna laghdú 5p sa tseachtain in aghaidh gach 5p nó cuid de 5p dá acmhainn.
(3) Aon uair a tharlóidh, le linn an ráta a bheith á ríomh ar dá réir a bheidh cúnamh dífhostaíochta iníoctha le duine, go mbeidh an méid seachtainiúil a laghdófar an ráta sceidealta comhionann le méid seachtainiúil an ráta sceidealta nó níos mó ná an méid sin, ní bheidh aon chúnamh dífhostaíochta iníoctha leis an duine sin.
(4) Measfar gurb í acmhainn duine ar bith chun críche an ailt seo acmhainn an duine sin mar a bheidh luaite sa deimhniú cáilíochta a bheidh aige de thuras na huaire.
(5) San alt seo—
tá le ‘leanbh cáilithe’ an bhrí a shanntar dó le halt 2 (1) den Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952;
ciallaíonn ‘faighteoir’ duine atá i dteideal cúnamh dífhostaíochta a fháil.”.
(2) Leasaítear leis seo alt 4 (1A) (a cuireadh isteach le hAcht 1952) den Acht um Chongnamh Dhíomhaointis (Leasú), 1935, tríd an míniú seo a leanas a chur in ionad an mhínithe (a cuireadh isteach le hAcht 1977) ar “cleithiúnaí aosaithe”:
“ciallaíonn ‘cleithiúnaí aosaithe’ duine a bhfuil méadú ar chúnamh dífhostaíochta iníoctha ina leith faoi alt 17 (1) (a) (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1980) den Phríomh-Acht;”.
(3) Aisghairtear leis seo alt 3 d'Acht 1979.
(4) Tiocfaidh an t-alt seo i ngníomh an 2ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980.
Leasú ar alt 13 d'Acht 1933.
7.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo alt 13 (1) (b) d'Acht 1933 tríd an mír seo a leanas a chur in ionad mhír (xii) (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh (Forálacha Ilghnéitheacha), 1964):
“(xii) i gcás duine a bheith ag gabháil de réir séasúir d'iascaireacht mar shlí bheatha, leath an oiread sin den ioncam a fhaightear uaithi nach dtéann thar £120 sa bhliain agus an tríú cuid den oiread sin den ioncam sin a théann thar £120 sa bhliain ach nach dtéann thar £300 sa bhliain,”.
(2) Tiocfaidh an t-alt seo i ngníomh an 2ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980.
Cúnamh dífhostaíochta (cáilíocht chónaithe 6 mhí a dhíchur).
8.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo alt 10 d'Acht 1933 tríd an bhfo-alt seo a leanas a chur in ionad fho-alt (3):
“(3) Is iad na coinníollacha dá dtagraítear i bhfo-alt (2) den alt seo mar choinníollacha a bheidh le comhlíonadh ag duine a mbeidh deimhniú cáilíochta á iarraidh aige—
(a) go bhfuil cónaí air sa Stát ar dháta an iarratais;
(b) go bhfuil aois 18 mbliana slánaithe aige agus nach bhfuil aois 66 bliana slánaithe aige;
(c) nach bhfuil a acmhainn, arna ríomh de réir an Achta seo, níos mó ná méid sa bhliain is ionann agus 52 oiread—
(i) an ráta cúnaimh dhífhostaíochta atá leagtha amach ag tagairt 1A (1) de Chuid I den Ochtú Sceideal (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1980) a ghabhann leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952, agus a bhaineann le duine a bhfuil cleithiúnaí aosaithe aige agus a chónaíonn i limistéar uirbeach, agus
(ii) i gcás leanbh cáilithe (mar a mhínítear in alt 2(1) den Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952) nó leanaí cáilithe a bheith aige, cibé cion den chúnamh dífhostaíochta atá leagtha amach ag tagairt 1A (1) de Chuid I den Ochtú Sceideal sin agus a bhaineann leis an duine arbh é an cion é ab iníoctha maidir leis an leanbh sin nó leis na leanaí sin, cibé acu é;
agus
(d) i gcás mná pósta—
(i) go bhfuil a fearchéile i gcleithiúnas uirthi, nó
(ii) nach bhfuil sí féin ná a fearchéile i gcleithiúnas ar a chéile agus go bhfuil cleithiúnaí amháin nó níos mó aici.”.
(2) Tiocfaidh an t-alt seo i ngníomh an 2ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980.
Pinsin baintreach (neamhranníocach), liúntas banchéile thréigthe, liúntas cúnaimh shóisialaigh do mháithreacha neamhphósta agus liúntas do bhanchéile príosúnaigh (rátaí nua agus leathnú ar na teorainneacha acmhainne).
9.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo alt 20 (a cuireadh isteach le hAcht 1952) d'Acht 1935—
(a) tríd an bhfo-alt seo a leanas a chur in ionad fho-alt (1) (a cuireadh isteach le hAcht 1979 agus a athraíodh le Rialacháin 1979):
“(1) (a) Is é an ráta (dá ngairtear an ráta sceidealta san alt seo) pinsin bhaintrí (neamhranníocach) an ráta seachtainiúil atá leagtha amach i gcolún (2) de Chuid I den Ochtú Sceideal (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1980) a ghabhann leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952, móide, i gcás leanbh cáilithe nó leanaí cáilithe a bheith ann, an méid atá leagtha amach i gcolún (4) nó (5) den Chuid sin i leith gach leanbh cáilithe a chónaíonn go rialta leis an mbaintreach.
(b) beidh pinsean baintrí (neamhranníocach) iníoctha—
(i) i gcás nach mó ná £6 acmhainn sheachtainiúil an éilitheora nó an phinsinéara, de réir an ráta sceidealta, agus
(ii) i gcás ar mó ná £6 an acmhainn sheachtainiúil, de réir an ráta sceidealta lúide an méid atá leagtha amach i gcolún (2) de Chuid II den Ochtú Sceideal sin i leith gach suim £1 (más ann) atá san acmhainn sheachtainiúil sin de bhreis ar £6, agus aon chodán de £1 san acmhainn sheachtainiúil sin a áireamh chun na críche sin mar £1: ach más lú ná 50p an ráta arna ríomh de bhun na fomhíre seo ar dá réir, murach an coinníoll seo, a bheadh an pinsean iníoctha, ní bheidh an pinsean iníoctha.
(c) Chun críocha an ailt seo, is í an acmhainn sheachtainiúil an acmhainn bhliantúil arna roinnt ar 52.”;
agus
(b) tríd an bhfo-alt seo a leanas a chur in ionad fho-alt (8) (a cuireadh isteach le hAcht 1979 agus a athraíodh le Rialacháin 1979):
“(8) Déanfar an ráta pinsin bhaintrí (neamhranníocach) is iníoctha de réir fho-alt (1) den alt seo a mhéadú—
(a) an méid atá leagtha amach i gcolún (6) de Chuid I den Ochtú Sceideal (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1980) a ghabhann leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952, in aghaidh aon tréimhse—
(i) a mbeidh an bhaintreach tar éis aois inphinsin (de réir bhrí alt 2 (1) den Acht deiridh sin) a shlánú lena linn agus a bheidh sí chomh héagumasach sin go dteastóidh cúram agus aire lánaimsire uaithi,
(ii) a bheidh gaol forordaithe leis an mbaintreach ina chónaí leis an mbaintreach chun an cúram agus an aire sin a thabhairt, agus
(iii) a chomhlíonfar cibé coinníollacha a bheidh forordaithe
ar choinníoll nach mbeidh níos mó ná méadú amháin ar an bpinsean iníoctha faoin mír seo ná faoi alt 77 (5) (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1980) ná faoi alt 26 (4) (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh (Forálacha Ilghnéitheacha), 1968) den Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952, i leith aon ghaoil fhorordaithe,
(b) an méid atá leagtha amach i gcolún (7) de Chuid I den Ochtú Sceideal sin i gcás aois inphinsin (de réir bhrí alt 2 (1) den Acht deiridh sin) a bheith slánaithe ag an duine atá i dteideal an phinsin agus go gcónaíonn sí ina haonar, agus
(c) an méid atá leagtha amach i gcolún (8) de Chuid I den Ochtú Sceideal sin i gcás 80 bliain d'aois a bheith slánaithe ag an bpinsinéir.”.
(2) Tiocfaidh an t-alt seo i ngníomh—
(a) a mhéid a bhaineann sé le liúntas banchéile thréigthe, le liúntas cúnaimh shóisialaigh do mháithreacha neamhphósta agus le liúntas do bhanchéile príosúnaigh, an 3ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980, agus
(b) a mhéid a bhaineann sé le pinsean baintrí (neamhranníocach), an 4ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980.
Pinsean baintrí (neamhranníocach) (leathnú ar an teideal).
10.—Leasaítear leis seo Acht 1935 tríd an alt seo a leanas a chur in ionad alt 19:
“19.—(1) Faoi réir fhorálacha an Achta seo beidh pinsean (dá ngairtear pinsean baintrí (neamhranníocach) san Acht seo) iníoctha le baintreach.
(2) Bean a bhfaighidh a fearchéile bás le linn di bheith ag fáil nó i dteideal liúntais bhanchéile thréigthe faoi na hAchtanna Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952 go 1980, beidh sí, faoi réir fhorálacha na nAchtanna um Pinsin do Bhaintreacha agus do Dhílleachtaí, 1935 go 1980, i dteideal, in ionad an liúntais sin, pinsin bhaintrí (neamhranníocach) de réir an ráta chéanna le ráta an liúntais bhanchéile thréigthe ab iníoctha léi.”.
Pinsean dílleachta (neamhranníocach) (rátaí nua agus leathnú ar an teorainn acmhainne).
11.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo Acht 1935 tríd an alt seo a leanas a chur in ionad alt 25 (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1973):
“25.—(1) Is é ráta seachtainiúil pinsin dílleachta (neamhranníocach)—
(a) i gcás nach mó ná £1 acmhainn sheachtainiúil an dílleachta, an ráta atá leagtha amach i gcolún (2) de Chuid I den Ochtú Sceideal (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1980) a ghabhann leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952, agus
(b) i gcás ar mó ná £1 a acmhainn sheachtainiúil, an ráta sin lúide an méid atá leagtha amach i gcolún (2) de Chuid II den Ochtú Sceideal sin i leith gach suim £1 (más ann) atá san acmhainn sheachtainiúil sin de bhreis ar £1, agus aon chodán de £1 san acmhainn sheachtainiúil sin a áireamh chun na críche sin mar £1: ach más lú ná 50p an ráta arna ríomh de bhun an fho-ailt seo ar dá réir, murach an coinníoll seo, a bheadh an pinsean iníoctha, ní bheidh an pinsean iníoctha.
(2) Ríomhfar acmhainn dílleachta de réir na rialacha atá sa Seachtú Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952, agus, chun críocha an ailt seo, is í an acmhainn sheachtainiúil an acmhainn bhliantúil arna roinnt ar 52.”.
(2) Tiocfaidh an t-alt seo i ngníomh an 4ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980.
Leathnú ar bhrí “dílleachta” in Acht 1935 agus in Acht 1952.
12.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo alt 3 (1) d'Acht 1935 agus alt 2 (1) d'Acht 1952 tríd an mír seo a leanas a chur in ionad mhír (c) (a cuireadh isteach le hAcht 1978):
“(c) leanbh cáilithe a bhfuil duine dá thuismitheoirí marbh agus a bhfuil an tuismitheoir a mhaireann tar éis é a thréigean nó tar éis diúltú nó mainneachtain soláthar dó;”.
(2) Tiocfaidh an t-alt seo i ngníomh an 4ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980.
Liúntas do bhean shingil (rátaí nua agus leathnú ar an teorainn acmhainne).
13.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo alt 8 den Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh (Uimh. 2), 1974, tríd an bhfo-alt seo a leanas a chur in ionad fho-alt (2):
“(2) Beidh liúntas do bhean shingil iníoctha—
(a) i gcás nach mó ná £1 a hacmhainn sheachtainiúil, de réir an ráta sheachtainiúil atá leagtha amach i gcolún (2) de Chuid I den Ochtú Sceideal (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1980) a ghabhann le hAcht 1952, agus
(b) i gcás ar mó ná £1 a hacmhainn sheachtainiúil, de réir an ráta sin lúide an méid atá leagtha amach i gcolún (2) de Chuid II den Ochtú Sceideal sin i leith gach suim £1 (más ann) atá san acmhainn sheachtainiúil sin de bhreis ar £1, agus aon chodán de £1 san acmhainn sheachtainiúil sin a áireamh chun na críche sin mar £1: ach más lú ná 50p an ráta arna ríomh de bhun na míre seo ar dá réir, murach an coinníoll seo, a bheadh an liúntas iníoctha, ní bheidh an liúntas iníoctha.”.
(2) Tiocfaidh an t-alt seo i ngníomh an 3ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980.
Liúntas leasa forlíontach (rátaí nua agus méadú do chleithiúnaithe aosaithe áirithe).
14.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo alt 9 (1) (a) d'Acht 1975 trí na fomhíreanna seo a leanas a chur in ionad fhomhíreanna (i) agus (ii):
“(i) i gcás duine gan acmhainn, an méid a ríomhfar de réir alt 10 (1) den Acht seo, nó
(ii) i gcás duine ag a bhfuil acmhainn, an méid a ríomhfar de réir alt 10 (1) den Acht seo ab iomchuí ina chás dá mbeadh sé gan acmhainn, lúide méid a acmhainne seachtainiúla,”.
(2) Cuirtear, leis seo, an t-alt seo a leanas in ionad alt 10 d'Acht 1975:
“10.—(1) An méid seachtainiúil de liúntas leasa forlíontach a bheidh iníoctha le duine gan acmhainn mar a bheidh cinnte faoin Acht seo, is é a bheidh ann, faoi réir aon íocaíochta de bhun alt 11 den Acht seo, an méid atá leagtha amach i gcolún (2) de Chuid I den Ochtú Sceideal (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1980) a ghabhann leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952, móide—
(a) an méid atá leagtha amach i gcolún (3) den Chuid sin in aghaidh aon tréimhse—
(i) a bheidh an duine sin ina chónaí lena bhanchéile nó á cothabháil go hiomlán nó go formhór, nó
(ii) a bheidh an duine sin ag cothabháil a fearchéile go hiomlán nó go formhór agus eisean éagumasach de dheasca éiglíocht éigin coirp nó meabhrach, ar é féin a chothú, nó
(iii) a bheidh an duine sin—
(I) is duine singil, baintreach nó baintreach fir, nó
(II) is duine pósta nach bhfuil ina chónaí lena chéile ná ag cothabháil a chéile go hiomlán nó go formhór ná á chothabháil go hiomlán nó go formhór ag a chéile,
ag cothabháil, go hiomlán nó go formhór, bean os cionn 16 bliana d'aois atá ag tabhairt aire do leanbh nó do leanaí cleithiúnacha an duine sin, agus
(b) an méid atá leagtha amach i gcolún (4) den Chuid sin i leith leanbh cleithiúnach nó i leith gach duine de bheirt leanbh den sórt sin agus, ina theannta sin, i gcás níos mó ná beirt leanbh den sórt sin a bheith ann, an méid atá leagtha amach i gcolún (5) den Chuid sin i leith gach leanbh den sórt sin de bhreis ar bheirt.
(2) San Acht seo—
ciallaíonn ‘cleithiúnaí aosaithe’ duine a bhfuil méadú ar an liúntas leasa forlíontach iníoctha ina leith faoi fho-alt (1) (a) den alt seo;
ciallaíonn ‘leanbh cleithiúnach’, i ndáil le duine, aon leanbh, nach cleithiúnaí aosaithe, nach bhfuil ocht mbliana déag d'aois slánaithe aige agus atá i gcleithiúnas ar an duine sin lena chothú.
(3) Féadfaidh an tAire, le ceadú an Aire Airgeadais, méideanna seachtainiúla an liúntais leasa fhorlíontaigh a shonraítear i gCuid I den Ochtú Sceideal sin a athrú le rialacháin ach ní ar shlí a laghdóidh aon mhéid a bheidh sonraithe amhlaidh.
(4) Chun críocha an ailt seo, forléireofar colúin (4) agus (5) den Ochtú Sceideal sin ionann is dá gcuirfí ‘linbh chleithiúnaigh’ agus ‘leanbh chleithiúnacha’, faoi seach, in ionad ‘linbh cháilithe’ agus ‘leanbh cháilithe’ i gcolún 4 agus ‘leanbh cleithiúnach’ in ionad ‘leanbh cáilithe’ i gcolún 5.”.
(3) Tiocfaidh an t-alt seo i ngníomh an 7ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980.
Sochair árachais shóisialaigh (rátaí nua).
15.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo Acht 1952—
(a) tríd an gCuid seo a leanas a chur in ionad Chuid I den Tríú Sceideal (a cuireadh isteach le hAcht 1979 agus a athraíodh le Rialacháin 1979):
“CUID I
Rátaí na Sochar Tréimhsiúil agus na Méaduithe Orthu
An Cineál Sochair | An Ráta Seachtainiúil | Méadú i leith cleithiúnaí aosaithe (más iníoctha) | Méadú i leith linbh cháilithe nó i leith gach duine de bheirt leanbh cháilithe (más iníoctha) | Méadú i leith gach leanbh cáilithe de bhreis ar bheirt (más iníoctha) | Méadú i leith cleithiúnaí aosaithe faoi alt 26 (4) (más iníoctha) |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
1. Sochar Míchumais agus Sochar Dífhostaíochta: (a) i gcás daoine os cionn ocht mbliana dé d'aois— (i) fear, bean shingil nó baintreach. bean phósta a chónaíonn ar leithligh óna fearchéile agus nach bhféadann aon chúnamh airgid a fháil uaidh nó bean phósta a bhfuil teideal aici chun méadú i leith linbh cháilithe nó leanaí cáilithe nó i leith fearchéile ... ... ... | 20.45 | 13.25 | 5.95 | 4.90 | -- |
(ii) aon bhean phósta eile ... | 18.00 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
(b) i gcás daoine faoi bhun ocht mbliana déag d'aois— (i) má tá teideal ag an duine chun méadú i leith linbh cháilithe nó leanaí cáilithe nó i leith cleithiúnaí aosaithe ... ... ... | 20.45 | 13.25 | 5.95 | 4.90 | -- |
(ii) mura bhfuil teideal den sórt sin ag an duine ... ... ... | 18.00 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
2. Pinsean Easláine: (a) fear, bean shingil nó baintreach, bean phósta a chónaionn ar leithligh óna fearchéile agus nach bhféadann aon chúnamh airgid a fháil uaidh nó bean phósta a bhfuil teideal aici chun méadú i leith linbh cháilithe nó leanaí cáilithe nó i leith fearchéile ... ... | 22.05 | 14.30 | 6.40 | 5.30 | 11.75 |
(b) aon bhean phósta eile ... ... | 19.40 | -- | -- | -- | 11.75 |
3. Liúntas Máithreachais | 20.45 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
4. Pinsean Baintrí (Ranníocach) agus Sochar Banchéile Thréigthe: (a) i gcás daoine faoi bhun ochtó bliain d'aois ... ... ... ... | 22.50 | -- | 7.50 | 7.50 | 11.75 |
(b) in aon chás eile ... ... ... | 24.05 | -- | 7.50 | 7.50 | 11.75 |
5. Liúntas Dílleachta (Ranníocach) ... | 16.15 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
6. Pinsean Scoir agus Pinsean Seanaoise (Ranníocach): (a) i gcás daoine faoi bhun ochtó bliain d'aois ... ... ... ... | 24.50 | 15.65 | 6.40 | 5.30 | 11.75 |
(b) in aon chás eile ... ... ... | 26.25 | 15.65 | 6.40 | 5.30 | 11.75 |
(c) méadú breise i leith cleithiúnaí aosaithe a bhfuil aois inphinsin slánaithe aige ... | -- | 2.65 | -- | -- | -- |
”;
agus
(b) tríd an mír seo a leanas a chur in ionad mhír 2 de Chuid II (a cuireadh isteach le hAcht 1978) den Tríú Sceideal:
“2. Deontas Báis:
(a) i gcás ar leanbh cáilithe faoi bhun 5 bliana d'aois an duine éagtha ... ... ... | 15 |
(b) i gcás ar aon leanbh cáilithe eile an duine éagtha ... ... ... ... ... ... | 45 |
(c) in aon chás eile ... ... ... ... | 75”. |
(2) Leasaítear leis seo alt 14 (2) d'Acht 1977 trí “£1.65” a chur in ionad “£1.30” (a cuireadh isteach le hAcht 1979).
(3) Tiocfaidh an t-alt seo i ngníomh—
(a) a mhéid a bhaineann sé le sochar míchumais, le sochar dífhostaíochta, le liúntas máithreachais agus le deontas báis, an 7ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980,
(b) a mhéid a bhaineann sé le sochar banchéile thréigthe, le pinsean easláine agus le pinsean scoir, an 3ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980, agus
(c) a mhéid a bhaineann sé le pinsean seanaoise (ranníocach), le pinsean baintrí (ranníocach) agus le liúntas dílleachta (ranníocach), an 4ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980.
Sochar dífhostaíochta (méadú ar rátaí áirithe).
16.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo alt 5 (2) d'Acht 1967 tríd an Tábla a ghabhann leis an alt seo a chur in ionad an Tábla (a cuireadh isteach le hAcht 1979 agus a athraíodh le Rialacháin 1979) a ghabhann leis an alt sin.
(2) Tiocfaidh an t-alt seo i ngníomh an 7ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980.
AN TÁBLA
An Aicme Duine | An Ráta Seachtainiúil | Méadú i leith cleithiúnaí aosaithe (más iníoctha) | Méadú i leith linbh cháilithe nó i leith gach duine de bheirt leanbh cháilithe (más iníoctha) | Méadú i leith gach leanbh cáilithe de bhreis ar bheirt (más iníoctha) |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| £ | £ | £ | £ |
Duine atá i dteideal méadú i leith linbh cháilithe ach nach bhfuil i dteideal méadú i leith cleithiúnaí aosaithe ... | 17.20 | -- | 5.30 | 4.10 |
Aon duine eile ... | 17.00 | 12.25 | 5.30 | 4.10 |
Sochar míchumais (laethanta feithimh breise).
17.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo alt 15 d'Acht 1952—
(a) tríd an bhfo-alt seo a leanas a chur in ionad fho-alt (2):
“(2) (a) Ní bheidh teideal ag duine chun sochair mhíchumais in aghaidh an chéad 3 lá d'aon tréimhse éagumais chun oibre.
(b) Ní bheidh teideal ag duine chun sochair dhífhostaíochta in aghaidh an chéad 3 lá d'aon tréimhse bhearnaithe fostaíochta.”; agus
(b) tríd an mír seo a leanas a chur isteach i ndiaidh mhír (a) d'fho-alt (3):
“(aa) déanfar aon 3 lá éagumais chun oibre, bíodh siad comhleanúnach nó ná bíodh, laistigh de thréimhse 6 lá chomhleanúnacha a áireamh mar thréimhse éagumais chun oibre agus déanfar aon dá thréimhse den sórt sin nach bhfuil níos mó ná 3 lá eatarthu a áireamh mar thréimhse amháin éagumais chun oibre: ar choinníoll go measfar go bhfolaíonn tréimhse éagumais chun oibre aon lá nó laethanta dífhostaíochta sa tréimhse 3 lá chomhleanúnacha roimh an gcéad lá éagumais chun oibre, ach ní lá éagumais chun oibre lena mbaineann alt 3 (4) (a) (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1980) den Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh (Sochar Pá-Choibhneasa), 1973, aon lá dífhostaíochta den sórt sin,”.
(2) Leasaítear leis seo alt 3 den Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh (Sochar Pá-Choibhneasa), 1973, tríd an bhfo-alt seo a leanas a chur in ionad fho-alt (4) (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh (Sochar Pá-Choibhneasa), 1975):
“(4) Nuair a bheifear á ríomh chun críocha an Achta seo an raibh, i dtréimhse bhearnaithe fostaíochta, duine éagumasach chun oibre ar feadh uimhir shonraithe laethanta nó dífhostaithe ar feadh uimhir shonraithe laethanta, ní chuirfear i gcuntas ach—
(a) aon lá nó laethanta éagumais chun oibre sa tréimhse sin ar íocadh sochar míchumais, liúntas máithreachais nó sochar díobhála leis an duine sin ina leith agus aon lá nó laethanta den sórt sin sa chéad tréimhse éagumais chun oibre sa tréimhse bhearnaithe fostaíochta sin lena mbaineann alt 15 (2) (a) (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1980) d'Acht 1952; agus
(b) aon lá nó laethanta dífhostaíochta sa tréimhse sin ar íocadh sochar dífhostaíochta leis an duine sin ina leith agus aon lá nó laethanta den sórt sin lena mbaineann alt 15 (2) (b) (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1980) d'Acht 1952.”.
(3) Bainfidh an t-alt seo le tréimhsí éagumais chun oibre dar tosach an 7ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980, nó aon lá dá éis.
Alt 20 (5) d'Acht 1952 a aisghairm.
18.—Aisghairtear leis seo fo-alt (5) d'alt 20 d'Acht 1952 (a thugann míniú ar “seachtain” chun críche liúntais mháithreachais).
Leathnú ar bhrí “cleithiúnaí aosaithe” i gcás sochar áirithe.
19.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo alt 26 (1) d'Acht 1952—
(a) tríd an mír seo a leanas a chur in ionad mhír (c) (a cuireadh isteach le hAcht 1977):
“(c) a bheidh an tairbhí—
(i) is duine singil, nó
(ii) is baintreach, nó
(iii) is baintreach fir, nó
(iv) is duine pósta nach bhfuil ina chónaí lena chéile ná ag cothabháil a chéile go hiomlán nó go formhór ná á chothábháil go hiomlán nó go formhór ag a chéile,
ag cothabháil, go hiomlán nó go formhór, bean os cionn 16 bliana d'aois atá ag tabhairt aire do leanbh nó do leanaí cáilithe a chónaíonn go rialta leis an tairbhí,”;
agus
(b) trí “dá sonraítear i mír (c) den fho-alt seo” a scriosadh.
(2) Leasaítear leis seo alt 26 (5) (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1970) d'Acht 1952—
(a) tríd an mír seo a leanas a chur in ionad mhír (b) (a cuireadh isteach le hAcht 1977):
“(b) in aghaidh aon tréimhse a bheidh an tairbhí—
(i) is duine singil, nó
(ii) is baintreach, nó
(iii) is baintreach fir, nó
(iv) is duine pósta nach bhfuil ina chónaí lena chéile ná ag cothabháil a chéile go hiomlán nó go formhór ná á chóthabháil go hiomlán nó go formhór ag a chéile, ag cothabháil, go hiomlán nó go formhór, bean os cionn 16 bliana d'aois atá ag tabhairt aire do leanbh nó do leanaí cáilithe a chónaíonn go rialta leis an tairbhí,”;
agus
(b) trí “a shonraítear i mír (b) den fho-alt seo” a scriosadh.
(3) (a) Tiocfaidh fo-alt (1) den alt seo i ngníomh an 7ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980.
(b) Tiocfaidh fo-alt (2) den alt seo i ngníomh an 3ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980.
Sochair dhíobhálacha ceirde (rátaí nua).
20.—(1) Déantar leis seo gach ráta (a cuireadh isteach le hAcht 1979 agus a athraíodh le Rialacháin 1979) den sochar díobhálacha ceirde in Acht 1966 a luaitear i gcolún (1) den Tábla a ghabhann leis an alt seo a mhéadú tríd an ráta a shonraítear i gcolún (2) den Tábla sin os coinne an lua sin i gcolún (1) a chur in ionad an ráta sin.
(2) Faoi réir fho-alt (3) den alt seo, tiocfaidh an t-alt seo i ngníomh an 7ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980.
(3) Tiocfaidh na méaduithe dá bhforáiltear le fo-alt (1) den alt seo, a mhéid a bhaineann siad le hailt 17 (2), 18 (2), 18 (3), 19, 20, 21 (2) agus 22 d'Acht 1966, i ngníomh an 4ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980.
AN TÁBLA
An ráta sochair dhíobhálacha ceirde in Acht 1966 | An ráta méadaithe, | |||||||
(1) | (2) | |||||||
£18.60 in alt 8 (3) (a) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £22.30 | |
£23.50 in alt 8 (3) (b) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £28.20 | |
£1,630 in alt 9 (7) (a) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £2,040 | |
£23.50 i dTábla I a ghabhann le halt 9 (8) | ... | ... | ... | ... | £29.40 | |||
£21.15 i dTábla I a ghabhann le halt 9 (8) | ... | ... | ... | ... | £26.46 | |||
£18.80 i dTábla I a ghabhann le halt 9 (8) | ... | ... | ... | ... | £23.52 | |||
£16.45 i dTábla I a ghabhann le halt 9 (8) | ... | ... | ... | ... | £20.58 | |||
£14.10 i dTábla I a ghabhann le halt 9 (8) | ... | ... | ... | ... | £17.64 | |||
£11.75 i dTábla I a ghabhann le halt 9 (8) | ... | ... | ... | ... | £14.70 | |||
£9.40 i dTábla I a ghabhann le halt 9 (8) | ... | ... | ... | ... | £11.76 | |||
£7.05 i dTábla I a ghabhann le halt 9 (8) | ... | ... | ... | ... | £8.82 | |||
£4.70 i dTábla I a ghabhann le halt 9 (8) | ... | ... | ... | ... | £5.88 | |||
£18.60 i dTábla II a ghabhann le halt 9 (8) | ... | ... | ... | £23.25 | ||||
£16.74 i dTábla II a ghabhann le halt 9 (8) | ... | ... | ... | £20.92 | ||||
£14.88 i dTábla II a ghabhann le halt 9 (8) | ... | ... | ... | £18.59 | ||||
£13.02 i dTábla II a ghabhann le halt 9 (8) | ... | ... | ... | £16.26 | ||||
£11.16 i dTábla II a ghabhann le halt 9 (8) | ... | ... | ... | £13.93 | ||||
£9.30 i dTábla II a ghabhann le halt 9 (8) | ... | ... | ... | ... | £11.60 | |||
£7.44 i dTábla II a ghabhann le halt 9 (8) | ... | ... | ... | ... | £9.27 | |||
£5.58 i dTábla II a ghabhann le halt 9 (8) | ... | ... | ... | ... | £6.94 | |||
£3.72 i dTábla II a ghabhann le halt 9 (8) | ... | ... | ... | ... | £4.61 | |||
£4.70 in alt 9 (9) (b) (ii) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £5.88 | |
£3.72 in alt 9 (9) (b) (ii) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £4.61 | |
£11.05 in alt 10 (1) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £13.25 | |
£4.95 in alt 11 (1) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £5.95 |
£4.10 in alt 11 (1) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £4.90 |
£15.00 in alt 12 (1) (a) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £18.00 | |
£17.05 in alt 12 (1) (b) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £20.45 | |
£9.40 in alt 13 (1) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £11.75 |
£18.80 in alt 13 (1) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £23.50 | |
£18.60 in alt 15 (1) (a) (i) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £23.25 | |
£23.50 in alt 15 (1) (a) (ii) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £29.40 | ||
£22.85 in alt 17 (2) agus 18 (2) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £28.55 | ||
£1,191 in alt 18 (3) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £1,489 | |
£6.00 in alt 19 gach áit a bhfuil sé | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £7.50 | ||
£10.15 in alt 20 gach áit a bhfuil sé | ... | ... | ... | ... | £12.70 | |||
£22.85 in alt 20 gach áit a bhfuil sé | ... | ... | ... | ... | £28.55 | |||
£13.70 in alt 21 (2) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £17.10 | |
£115 in alt 22 gach áit a bhfuil sé | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £175 | ||
£3.72 in alt 25 (3) (a) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £4.61 | |
£4.70 in alt 25 (3) (b) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | £5.88 | |
Díobhálacha ceirde (méadú do phinsinéirí a chónaíonn ina n-aonar).
21.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo alt 20 (1) d'Acht 1977 trí “£1.65” a chur in ionad “£1.30” (a cuireadh isteach le hAcht 1979).
(2) Tiocfaidh an t-alt seo i ngníomh an 4ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980.
Díobhálacha ceirde (leathnú ar an míniú ar dhílleachta).
22.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo alt 1 (1) d'Acht 1966 tríd an méid seo a leanas a chur isteach i ndiaidh mhír (b) sa mhíniú ar “dílleachta agus é cáilithe chun críocha an Achta seo”:
“nó
(c) leanbh atá cáilithe chun críocha an Achta seo a bhfuil duine dá thuismitheoirí marbh agus a bhfuil an tuismitheoir a mhaireann tar éis é a thréigean nó tar éis diúltú nó mainneachtain soláthar dó;”.
(2) Tiocfaidh an t-alt seo i ngníomh an 4ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980.
Díobhálacha ceirde (leathnú ar bhrí “cleithiúnaí aosaithe”).
23.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo alt 10 (1) d'Acht 1966—
(a) tríd an mír seo a leanas a chur in ionad mhír (c) (a cuireadh isteach le hAcht 1977):
“(c) a bheidh an tairbhí—
(i) is duine singil, nó
(ii) is baintreach, nó
(iii) is baintreach fir, nó
(iv) is duine pósta nach bhfuil ina chónaí lena chéile ná ag cothabháil a chéile go hiomlán nó go formhór ná á chothabháil go hiomlán nó go formhór ag a chéile,
ag cothabháil, go hiomlán nó go formhór, bean os cionn 16 bliana d'aois atá ag tabhairt aire do leanbh nó do leanaí atá cáilithe chun críocha an Achta seo agus a chónaíonn go rialta leis an tairbhí,”;
agus
(b) trí “a shonraítear i mír (c) den fho-alt seo” a scriosadh.
(2) Tiocfaidh an t-alt seo i ngníomh an 7ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980.
Liúntais leanaí (rátaí nua).
24.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo alt 6 den Acht Liúntas Leanbhaí (Leasú), 1946, tríd an bhfo-alt seo a leanas a chur in ionad fho-alt (1) (a cuireadh isteach le hAcht 1979):
“(1) Faoi réir fhorálacha na nAchtanna Leasa Shóisialaigh (Liúntais Leanaí), 1944 go 1980, agus na rialachán fúthu, aon duine atá cáilithe le haghaidh liúntais leanaí, íocfar leis, fad a bheidh sé cáilithe amhlaidh, as airgead a sholáthróidh an tOireachtas, liúntas míosúil arb é a bheidh ann an méid atá leagtha amach i gcolún (1) de Chuid IV den Ochtú Sceideal (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1980) a ghabhann le hAcht 1952 i leith linbh cháilithe amháin agus, ina theannta sin, an méid atá leagtha amach i gcolún (2) den Chuid sin i leith gach leanbh cáilithe (más ann) de bhreis ar dhuine amháin.”.
(2) Tiocfaidh an t-alt seo i ngníomh an 1ú lá d'Iúil, 1980.
Méadú ar dheontais le haghaidh ilbhreitheanna.
25.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo alt 8 d'Acht 1969 trí “£300” a chur in ionad “céad punt” agus “£400” a chur in ionad “céad is caoga punt” i bhfo-alt (1).
(2) Tiocfaidh an t-alt seo i ngníomh an 1ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980.
Árachas sóisialach pá-choibhneasa (rátaí nua ranníocaí agus méadú ar an uasteorainn tuillimh).
26.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo fo-ailt (1) agus (2) (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh (Leasú), 1978) d'alt 6 d'Acht 1952 trí—
(a) “3.5 faoin gcéad” a chur in ionad “3.2 faoin gcéad” agus “8.5 faoin gcéad” a chur in ionad “7.5 faoin gcéad” i míreanna (b) (i) agus (b) (ii), faoi seach, d'fho-alt (1), agus
(b) “£7,000” a chur in ionad “£5,500” (a cuireadh isteach leis na Rialacháin Leasa Shóisialaigh (Rátaí Ranníoca agus Tuillimh Ináirimh Bhliantúla) (Daingniú agus Athrú), 1979 (I.R. Uimh. 65 de 1979)) i mír (c) d'fho-alt (1), agus
(c) “1.8 faoin gcéad” a chur in ionad “1.7 faoin gcéad”, “4.7 faoin gcéad” a chur in ionad “4.4 faoin gcéad” agus “2.9 faoin gcéad” a chur in ionad “2.7 faoin gcéad” i míreanna (b) (i), (b) (ii) agus (b) (iii), faoi seach, d'fho-alt (2).
(2) Tiocfaidh an t-alt seo i ngníomh an 6ú lá d'Aibreán, 1980.
Gearrtheideal, forléiriú agus comhlua.
27.—(1) Féadfar an tAcht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1980, a ghairm den Acht seo.
(2) Déanfar an tAcht seo—
(a) a mhéid a leasaíonn agus a leathnaíonn sé Achtanna na bPinsean Seanaoise, 1908 go 1979, a fhorléiriú i dteannta na nAchtanna sin mar aon ní amháin agus féadfar Achtanna na bPinsean Seanaoise, 1908 go 1980, a ghairm díobh le chéile,
(b) a mhéid a leasaíonn agus a leathnaíonn sé na hAchtanna um Chúnamh Dífhostaíochta, 1933 go 1979, a fhorléiriú i dteannta na nAchtanna sin mar aon ní amháin agus féadfar na hAchtanna um Chúnamh Dífhostaíochta, 1933 go 1980, a ghairm díobh le chéile,
(c) a mhéid a leasaíonn agus a leathnaíonn sé na hAchtanna um Pinsin do Bhaintreacha agus do Dhílleachtaí, 1935 go 1979, a fhorléiriú i dteannta na nAchtanna sin mar aon ní amháin agus féadfar na hAchtanna um Pinsin do Bhaintreacha agus do Dhílleachtaí, 1935 go 1980, a ghairm díobh le chéile,
(d) a mhéid a leasaíonn agus a leathnaíonn sé na hAchtanna Leasa Shóisialaigh (Liúntais Leanaí), 1944 go 1979, a fhorléiriú i dteannta na nAchtanna sin mar aon ní amháin agus féadfar na hAchtanna Leasa Shóisialaigh (Liúntais Leanaí), 1944 go 1980, a ghairm díobh le chéile,
(e) a mhéid a leasaíonn agus a leathnaíonn sé na hAchtanna Leasa Shóisialaigh (Liúntais Leasa Forlíontacha), 1975 agus 1979, a fhorléiriú i dteannta na nAchtanna sin mar aon ní amháin agus féadfar na hAchtanna Leasa Shóisialaigh (Liúntais Leasa Forlíontacha), 1975 go 1980, a ghairm díobh le chéile, agus
(f) a mhéid a leasaíonn agus a leathnaíonn sé na hAchtanna Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952 go 1979, a fhorléiriú i dteannta na nAchtanna sin mar aon ní amháin agus féadfar na hAchtanna Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952 go 1980, a ghairm díobh le chéile.
AN SCEIDEAL
AN tOCHTÚ SCEIDEAL
Cuid I
Rátaí an Chúnaimh Shóisialaigh Thréimhsiúil agus na Méaduithe Orthu
An cineál cúnaimh, pinsin nó liúntais | An ráta nó an méid seachtainiúil | An méadú i leith cleithiúnaí aosaithe (más iníoctha) | An méadú i leith linbh cháilithe nó i leith gach duine de bheirt leanbh cháilithe (más iníoctha) | An méadú i leith gach leanbh cáilithe de bhreis ar bheirt (más iníoctha) | An méadú i leith gaoil fhorordaithe (más iníoctha) | An méadú i gcás aois inphinsin a bheith slánaithe ag an duine agus é ina chónaí ina aonar (más iníoctha) | An méadú i gcás 80 bliain d'aois a bheith slánaithe ag an duine (más iníoctha) |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
1. Cúnamh Dífhostaíochta: A. Daoinc seachas iad sin ag B (1) i gcás daoine seachas iad sin ag A (2) (i) i leith daoine a chónaíonn in aon limistéar uirbeach ... | 17.00 | 12.25 | 5.30 | 4.10 | -- | -- | -- |
(ii) i leith daoine a chónaíonn in aon áit eile ... ... | 16.45 | 11.95 | 5.30 | 4.10 | -- | -- | -- |
(2) i gcás daoine dá ndéantar an tairbhe bhliantúil ó thalamh a ríomh de réir Acht Uimh. 20 de 1965, a. 8— (a) i gcás nach mó ná £10 luacháil inrátaithe na talún— (i) i leith daoine a chónaíonn in aon limistéar uirbeach | 14.15 | 10.20 | 4.40 | 3.40 | -- | -- | -- |
(ii) i leith daoine a chónaíonn in aon áit eile ... | 13.70 | 9.95 | 4.40 | 3.40 | -- | -- | -- |
(b) i gcás ar mó ná £10 ach nach mó ná £15 luacháil inrátaithe na talún— (i) i leith daoine a chónaíonn in aon limistéar uirbeach | 12.00 | 8.55 | 3.65 | 2.90 | -- | -- | -- |
(ii) i leith daoine a chónaíonn in aon áit eile ... | 11.55 | 8.45 | 3.65 | 2.90 | -- | -- | -- |
(c) i gcás ar mó ná £15 ach nach mó ná £20 luacháil inrátaithe na talún— (i) i leith daoine a chónaíonn in aon limistéar uirbeach | 10.05 | 7.15 | 3.10 | 2.45 | -- | -- | -- |
(ii) i leith daoine a chónaíonn in aon áit eile ... | 9.70 | 7.05 | 3.10 | 2.45 | -- | -- | -- |
B. Daoine gan cleithiúnaí aosaithe ach a bhfuil leanbh cáilithe amháin nó níos mó acu (1) i gcás daoine seachas iad sin ag B (2) (i) i leith daoine a chónaíonn in aon limistéar uirbeach | 17.20 | -- | 5.30 | 4.10 | -- | -- | -- |
(ii) i leith daoine a chónaíonn in aon áit eile ... | 16.70 | -- | 5.30 | 4.10 | -- | -- | -- |
(2) i gcás daoine dá ndéantar an tairbhe bhliantúil ó thalamh a ríomh de réir Acht Uimh. 20 de 1965, a. 8— (a) i gcás nach mó ná £10 luacháil inrátaithe na talún— (i) i leith daoine a chónaíonn in aon limistéar uirbeach | 14.35 | -- | 4.40 | 3.40 | -- | -- | -- |
(ii) i leith daoine a chónaíonn in aon áit eile ... | 13.90 | -- | 4.40 | 3.40 | -- | -- | -- |
(b) i gcás ar mó ná £10 ach nach mó ná £15 luacháil inrátaithe na talún— (i) i leith daoine a chónaíonn in aon limistéar uirbeach | 12.15 | -- | 3.65 | 2.90 | -- | -- | -- |
(ii) i leith daoine a chónaíonn in aon áit eile ... | 11.70 | -- | 3.65 | 2.90 | -- | -- | -- |
(c) i gcás ar mó ná £15 ach nach mó ná £20 luacháil inrátaithe na talún— (i) i leith daoine a chónaíonn in aon limistéar uirbeach | 10.25 | -- | 3.10 | 2.45 | -- | -- | -- |
(ii) i leith daoine a chónaíonn in aon áit eile ... | 9.85 | -- | 3.10 | 2.45 | -- | -- | -- |
2. Pinsean Seanaoise (lena n-áirítear pinsean is iníoctha le dall) ... ... ... | 21.00 | -- | 5.70 | 4.40 | 11.75 | 1.65 | 1.50 |
3. Pinsean Baintrí (Neamhranníocach), Liúntas Banchéile Thréigthe, Liúntas do Bhanchéile Príosúnaigh agus Liúntas Cúnaimh Shóisialaigh ... | 21.00 | -- | 6.90 | 6.90 | 11.75 | 1.65 | 1.50 |
4. Pinsean Dílleachta (Neamhranníocach) ... ... | 13.55 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
5. Liúntas do Bhean Shingil ... | 18.30 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
6. Liúntas Leasa Fórlíontach: (a) Daoine seachas iad sin ag (b) ... | 16.45 | 11.95 | 5.30 | 4.10 | -- | -- | -- |
(b) Daoine gan cleithiúnaí aosaithe ach a bhfuil leanbh cleithiúnach amháin nó níos mó acu ... ... | 16.70 | -- | 5.30 | 4.10 | -- | -- | -- |
Cuid II
An cineál cúnaimh shóisialaigh | Méid an laghdaithe i leith gach £1 d'acmhainn sheachtainiúil |
(1) | (2) |
| £ |
Pinsean Seanaoise (lena n-áirítear pinsean is iníoctha le dall) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... | 1.20 |
Pinsean Baintrí (Neamhranníocach), Liúntas Banchéile Thréigthe, Liúntas do Bhanchéile Príosúnaigh agus Liúntas Cúnaimh Shóisialaigh ... ... ... ... | 1.20 |
Pinsean Dílleachta (Neamhranníocach) ... ... ... | 1.20 |
Liúntas do Bhean Shingil ... ... ... ... | 1.20 |
Cuid III
An Méadú ar Phinsean i leith Céile faoi Achtanna na bPinsean Seanaoise, 1908 go 1980
Acmhainn an éilitheora nó an phinsinéara | Ráta seachtainiúil an mhéadaithe | ||||||
| £ | ||||||
Má bhíonn acmhainn sheachtainiúil an éilitheora nó an phinsinéara— | |||||||
gan bheith níos mó ná £6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.55 | ||
níos mó ná £6 gan bheith níos mó ná £7 | ... | ... | 9.95 | ||||
níos mó ná £7 gan bheith níos mó ná £8 | ... | ... | 9.35 | ||||
níos mó ná £8 gan bheith níos mó ná £9 | ... | ... | 8.75 | ||||
níos mó ná £9 gan bheith níos mó ná £10 | ... | ... | 8.15 | ||||
níos mó ná £10 gan bheith níos mó ná £11 | ... | ... | 7.55 | ||||
níos mó ná £11 gan bheith níos mó ná £12 | ... | ... | 6.95 | ||||
níos mó ná £12 gan bheith níos mó ná £13 | ... | ... | 6.35 | ||||
níos mó ná £13 gan bheith níos mó ná £14 | ... | ... | 5.75 | ||||
níos mó ná £14 gan bheith níos mó ná £15 | ... | ... | 5.15 | ||||
níos mó ná £15 gan bheith níos mó ná £16 | ... | ... | 4.55 | ||||
níos mó ná £16 gan bheith níos mó ná £17 | ... | ... | 3.95 | ||||
níos mó ná £17 gan bheith níos mó ná £18 | ... | ... | 3.35 | ||||
níos mó ná £18 gan bheith níos mó ná £19 | ... | ... | 2.75 | ||||
níos mó ná £19 gan bheith níos mó ná £20 | ... | ... | 2.15 | ||||
níos mó ná £20 gan bheith níos mó ná £21 | ... | ... | 1.55 | ||||
níos mó ná £21 gan bheith níos mó ná £22 | ... | ... | 0.95 | ||||
níos mó ná £22 gan bheith níos mó ná £23 | ... | ... | 0.35 | ||||
níos mó ná £23 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | Neamhní |
Cuid IV
Méideanna na Liúntas Leanaí
An méid i leith linbh amháin | An méid breise i leith gach leanbh de bhreis ar dhuine amháin |
(1) | (2) |
£4.50 | £7 |
| |
Number 3 of 1980
SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1980
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Eighth Schedule
Number 3 of 1980
SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1980
Definitions.
1.—In this Act—
“the Act of 1933” means the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933;
“the Act of 1935” means the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935;
“the Act of 1952” means the Social Welfare Act, 1952;
“the Act of 1966” means the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Act, 1966;
“the Act of 1967” means the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1967;
“the Act of 1969” means the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1969;
“the Act of 1975” means the Social Welfare (Supplementary Welfare Allowances) Act, 1975;
“the Act of 1976” means the Social Welfare Act, 1976;
“the Act of 1977” means the Social Welfare Act, 1977;
“the Act of 1978” means the Social Welfare Act, 1978;
“the Act of 1979” means the Social Welfare Act, 1979;
“the Regulations of 1979” means the Social Welfare (Variation of Rates of Payments) Regulations, 1979 (S.I. No. 320 of 1979).
Insertion of Eighth Schedule into Act of 1952.
2.—The Act of 1952 is hereby amended by the insertion after the Seventh Schedule of the Eighth Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Act.
Old age pensions (new rates and extension of means limits).
3.—(1) Section 77 of the Act of 1952 is hereby amended—
(a) by the substitution for subsection (2) (inserted by the Act of 1979 and varied by the Regulations of 1979) of the following subsection:
“(2) (a) The rate (in this section referred to as the scheduled rate) of pension shall be the weekly rate, set out in column (2) of Part I of the Eighth Schedule (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1980) to this Act, increased, where there is a qualified child or there are qualified children, by the amount set out in column (4) of that Part in respect of a qualified child or each of two qualified children and, in addition, where there are more than two such children, by the amount set out in column (5) of that Part in respect of each such child in excess of two.
(b) A pension shall be payable—
(i) where the weekly means of the claimant or pensioner do not exceed £6, at the scheduled rate, and
(ii) where such weekly means exceed £6, at the scheduled rate reduced by the amount set out in column (2) of Part II of the said Eighth Schedule for each amount (if any) of £1 by which those weekly means exceed £6, any fraction of £1 in those weekly means being treated for this purpose as £1: provided that, if the rate calculated pursuant to this subparagraph at which, but for this proviso, the pension would be payable is less than 50p, the pension shall not be payable.
(c) For the purposes of this section weekly means shall be the yearly means divided by 52.”;
and
(b) by the substitution for subsection (5) (inserted by the Act of 1969) and subsection (6) (inserted by the Act of 1977) of the following subsections:
“(5) The rate of pension payable in accordance with subsection (2) of this section shall be increased—
(a) by the amount set out in column (6) of Part I of the Eighth Schedule (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1980) to this Act for any period during which—
(i) the pensioner is so incapacitated as to require full-time care and attention,
(ii) there is residing with the pensioner for the purpose of providing that care and attention a prescribed relative of the pensioner, and
(iii) such conditions as may be prescribed are fulfilled,
provided that not more than one increase of pension shall be payable under this paragraph or under section 20 (8) (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1980) of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935, or section 26 (4) (inserted by the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1968) of this Act in respect of any prescribed relative, and
(b) by the amount set out in column (7) of Part I of the said Eighth Schedule where the person entitled to the pension has attained pensionable age and is living alone, and
(c) by the amount set out in column (8) of Part I of the said Eighth Schedule where the pensioner has attained the age of 80 years, and
(d) by the amount calculated in accordance with Part III of the said Eighth Schedule where the pensioner is one of a married couple—
(i) if the pensioner is a man, in respect of his wife if he is living with or wholly or mainly maintaining her and she is not in receipt of pension under the Acts or any benefit, pension or allowance under the Social Welfare Acts, 1952 to 1980, or
(ii) if the pensioner is a woman, in respect of her husband if she is wholly or mainly maintaining him and he is incapable of self-support by reason of physical or mental infirmity and is not in receipt of pension under the Acts or any benefit, pension or allowance under the Social Welfare Acts, 1952 to 1980.
(6) An application for an increase under subsection (5) (a) of this section shall be decided by a deciding officer appointed by the Minister under section 41 of this Act.”.
(2) Section 8 of the Old Age Pensions Act, 1924, is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (1) (inserted by the Act of 1977) of the following subsection:
“(1) It shall be a statutory condition for the receipt by any person of a pension under the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1980, that the person must satisfy the pension authorities that his means as calculated under those Acts do not exceed the appropriate highest amount of means at which pension may be paid to that person under section 77 (2) (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1980) of the Social Welfare Act, 1952.”.
(3) This section shall come into operation on the 4th day of April, 1980.
Reduction of qualifying age for pensions for blind persons and consequential provision.
4.—(1) Section 6 (inserted by the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1976) of the Old Age Pensions Act, 1932, is hereby amended by the substitution of “18” for “21” in both places where it occurs.
(2) A blind person in respect of whom a pension is payable under the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1980, shall not be—
(a) a qualified child for the purposes of those Acts, the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1980, or the Social Welfare Acts, 1952 to 1980, or
(b) a child qualified for the purposes of the Act of 1966.
(3) This section shall come into operation on the 4th day of April, 1980.
Increase of earnings disregarded in the case of blind persons.
5.—(1) The Seventh Schedule to the Act of 1952 is hereby amended by the substitution in Rule 1 (II) (h) of “£312” and “£208”, respectively, for “£208” and “£156” (inserted by the Act of 1977) in both places where they occur.
(2) This section shall come into operation on the 4th day of April, 1980.
Unemployment assistance (new rates and increase for certain adult dependants).
6.—(1) The Act of 1933 is hereby amended by the substitution for section 17 of the following section:
“17.—(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the rate (in this section referred to as the scheduled rate) of unemployment assistance shall be the weekly rate set out in column (2) of Part I of the Eighth Schedule (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1980) to the Social Welfare Act, 1952, increased by—
(a) the amount set out in column (3) of that Part for any period during which—
(i) the applicant or recipient is living with or wholly or mainly maintaining his wife, or
(ii) the applicant or recipient is wholly or mainly maintaining her husband who is incapable of self-support by reason of some physical or mental infirmity, or
(iii) the applicant or recipient being—
(I) a single person, a widow or a widower, or
(II) a married person who is not living with and is neither wholly or mainly maintaining, nor being wholly or mainly maintained by, his spouse,
is wholly or mainly maintaining a female person over the age of 16 years having the care of one or more than one qualified child who normally resides with the applicant or recipient,
subject to the restriction that the applicant or recipient shall not be entitled to an increase of assistance under this paragraph in respect of more than one person, and
(b) the amount set out in column (4) of that Part in respect of a qualified child or each of two qualified children who normally resides or reside with the applicant or recipient and, in addition, where there are more than two such children, the amount set out in column (5) of that Part in respect of each such child in excess of two.
(2) Whenever a person is entitled to receive unemployment assistance such assistance shall be given to him in the form of a money payment at whichever of the following rates is applicable—
(a) if he has no means, at the scheduled rate, and
(b) if he has means, at a rate equal to the scheduled rate reduced by 5p per week for every 5p or part of 5p of his means.
(3) Whenever, in the calculation of the rate at which unemployment assistance is payable to a person, the weekly amount by which the scheduled rate is to be reduced is equal to or exceeds the weekly amount of the scheduled rate, no unemployment assistance shall be payable to such person.
(4) The means of any person for the purpose of this section shall be taken to be the means of such person as stated in the qualification certificate for the time being held by him.
(5) In this section—
‘qualified child’ has the meaning assigned by section 2 (1) of the Social Welfare Act, 1952;
‘recipient’ means a person entitled to receive unemployment assistance.”.
(2) Section 4 (1A) (inserted by the Act of 1952) of the Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1935, is hereby amended by the substitution for the definition (inserted by the Act of 1977) of “adult dependant” of the following:
“‘adult dependant’ means a person in respect of whom an increase of unemployment assistance is payable under section 17 (1) (a) (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1980) of the Principal Act;”.
(3) Section 3 of the Act of 1979 is hereby repealed.
(4) This section shall come into operation on the 2nd day of April, 1980.
Amendment of section 13 of Act of 1933.
7.—(1) Section 13 (1) (b) of the Act of 1933 is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (xii) (inserted by the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1964) of the following paragraph:
“(xii) where a person is engaged on a seasonal basis in the occupation of fishing, one-half of so much of the income derived therefrom as does not exceed £120 per year and one-third of so much of such income as exceeds £120 per year but does not exceed £300 per year,”.
(2) This section shall come into operation on the 2nd day of April, 1980.
Unemployment assistance (removal of 6 months' residence qualification).
8.—(1) Section 10 of the Act of 1933 is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (3) of the following subsection:
“(3) The conditions referred to in subsection (2) of this section as the conditions to be fulfilled by a person applying for a qualification certificate are—
(a) that he is at the date of the application resident in the State;
(b) that he has attained the age of 18 years and has not attained the age of 66 years;
(c) that his means, calculated in accordance with this Act, do not exceed an amount per annum equal to 52 times—
(i) the rate of unemployment assistance set out at reference 1A (1) of Part I of the Eighth Schedule (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1980) to the Social Welfare Act, 1952, applicable to a person who has an adult dependant and is resident in an urban area, and
(ii) in case he has a qualified child (as defined in section 2 (1) of the Social Welfare Act, 1952) or qualified children, so much of the unemployment assistance set out at reference 1A (1) of Part I of the said Eighth Schedule applicable to the person as would be payable in respect of that child or those children, as the case may be;
and
(d) in the case of a married woman either—
(i) that her husband is a dependant of her, or
(ii) that neither she nor her husband is a dependant of the other and she has one or more dependants.”.
(2) This section shall come into operation on the 2nd day of April, 1980.
Widows' (non-contributory) pensions, deserted wife's allowance, social assistance allowance for unmarried mothers and prisoner's wife's allowance (new rates and extension of means limits).
9.—(1) Section 20 (inserted by the Act of 1952) of the Act of 1935 is hereby amended—
(a) by the substitution for subsection (1) (inserted by the Act of 1979 and varied by the Regulations of 1979) of the following subsection:
“(1) (a) The rate (in this section referred to as the scheduled rate) of widow's (non-contributory) pension shall be the weekly rate set out in column (2) of Part I of the Eighth Schedule (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1980) to the Social Welfare Act, 1952, increased, where there is a qualified child or there are qualified children, by the amount set out in column (4) or (5) of that Part in respect of each qualified child who normally resides with the widow.
(b) A widow's (non-contributory) pension shall be payable—
(i) where the weekly means of the claimant or pensioner do not exceed £6, at the scheduled rate, and
(ii) where the weekly means exceed £6, at the scheduled rate reduced by the amount set out in column (2) of Part II of the said Eighth Schedule for each amount (if any) of £1 by which those weekly means exceed £6, any fraction of £1 in those weekly means being treated for this purpose as £1: provided that if the rate calculated pursuant to this subparagraph at which, but for this proviso, the pension would be payable is less than 50p, the pension shall not be payable.
(c) For the purposes of this section weekly means shall be the yearly means divided by 52.”;
and
(b) by the substitution for subsection (8) (inserted by the Act of 1979 and varied by the Regulations of 1979) of the following subsection:
“(8) The rate of widow's (non-contributory) pension payable in accordance with subsection (1) of this section shall be increased—
(a) by the amount set out in column (6) of Part I of the Eighth Schedule (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1980) to the Social Welfare Act, 1952, for any period during which—
(i) the widow has attained pensionable age (within the meaning of section 2 (1) of the latter Act) and is so incapacitated as to require full-time care and attention,
(ii) there is residing with the widow for the purpose of providing that care and attention a prescribed relative of the widow, and
(iii) such conditions as may be prescribed are fulfilled
provided that not more than one increase of pension shall be payable under this paragraph or under section 77 (5) (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1980) or section 26 (4) (inserted by the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1968) of the Social Welfare Act, 1952, in respect of any prescribed relative,
(b) by the amount set out in column (7) of Part I of the said Eighth Schedule where the person entitled to the pension has attained pensionable age (within the meaning of section 2 (1) of the latter Act) and is living alone, and
(c) by the amount set out in column (8) of Part I of the said Eighth Schedule where the pensioner has attained the age of 80 years.”.
(2) This section shall come into operation—
(a) in so far as it relates to deserted wife's allowance, social assistance allowance for unmarried mothers and prisoner's wife's allowance, on the 3rd day of April, 1980, and
(b) in so far as it relates to widow's (non-contributory) pension, on the 4th day of April, 1980.
Widow's (non-contributory) pension (extension of entitlement).
10.—The Act of 1935 is hereby amended by the substitution for section 19 of the following section:
“19.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a pension (in this Act referred to as a widow's (non-contributory) pension) shall be payable to a widow.
(2) A woman whose husband dies while she is in receipt of or entitled to deserted wife's allowance under the Social Welfare Acts, 1952 to 1980, shall, subject to the provisions of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1980, in lieu of that allowance, be entitled to a widow's (non-contributory) pension at the same rate as that of the deserted wife's allowance payable to her.”.
Orphan's (non-contributory) pension (new rates and extension of means limit).
11.—(1) The Act of 1935 is hereby amended by the substitution for section 25 (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1973) of the following section:
“25.—(1) The weekly rate of orphan's (non-contributory) pension shall be—
(a) where the weekly means of the orphan do not exceed £1, the rate set out in column (2) of Part I of the Eighth Schedule (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1980) to the Social Welfare Act, 1952, and
(b) where his weekly means exceed £1, that rate reduced by the amount set out in column (2) of Part II of the said Eighth Schedule for each amount (if any) of £1 by which those weekly means exceed £1, any fraction of £1 in those weekly means being treated for this purpose as £1: provided that if the rate calculated pursuant to this subsection at which, but for this proviso, the pension would be payable is less than 50p, the pension shall not be payable.
(2) The means of an orphan shall be calculated in accordance with the rules contained in the Seventh Schedule to the Social Welfare Act, 1952, and, for the purposes of this section, weekly means shall be the yearly means divided by 52.”.
(2) This section shall come into operation on the 4th day of April, 1980.
Extension of meaning of “orphan” in Act of 1935 and Act of 1952.
12.—(1) Section 3 (1) of the Act of 1935 and section 2 (1) of the Act of 1952 are hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (c) (inserted by the Act of 1978) of the following paragraph:
“(c) a qualified child one of whose parents is dead and whose surviving parent has abandoned him or refused or failed to provide for him;”.
(2) This section shall come into operation on the 4th day of April, 1980.
Single woman's allowance (new rates and extension of means limit).
13.—(1) Section 8 of the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1974, is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsection:
“(2) A single woman's allowance shall be payable—
(a) where her weekly means do not exceed £1, at the weekly rate set out in column (2) of Part I of the Eighth Schedule (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1980) to the Act of 1952, and
(b) where her weekly means exceed £1, at that rate reduced by the amount set out in column (2) of Part II of the said Eighth Schedule for each amount (if any) of £1 by which those weekly means exceed £1, any fraction of £1 in those weekly means being treated for this purpose as £1: provided that if the rate calculated pursuant to this subsection at which, but for this proviso, the allowance would be payable is less than 50p, the allowance shall not be payable.”.
(2) This section shall come into operation on the 3rd day of April, 1980.
Supplementary welfare allowance (new rates and increase for certain adult dependants).
14.—(1) Section 9 (1) (a) of the Act of 1975 is hereby amended by the substitution for subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of the following subparagraphs:
“(i) in the case of a person who has no means, the amount calculated in accordance with section 10 (1) of this Act, or
(ii) in the case of a person who has means, the amount calculated in accordance with section 10 (1) of this Act which would be appropriate in his case if he had no means, less the amount of his weekly means,”.
(2) The following section is hereby substituted for section 10 of the Act of 1975:
“10.—(1) The weekly amount of supplementary welfare allowance payable to a person who has no means as determined under this Act shall, subject to any payment pursuant to section 11 of this Act, be the amount set out in column (2) of Part I of the Eighth Schedule (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1980) to the Social Welfare Act, 1952, increased by—
(a) the amount set out in column (3) of that Part for any period during which—
(i) that person is living with or wholly or mainly maintaining his wife, or
(ii) that person is wholly or mainly maintaining her husband who is incapable of self-support by reason of some physical or mental infirmity, or
(iii) that person being—
(I) a single person, a widow or a widower, or
(II) a married person who is not living with and is neither wholly or mainly maintaining, nor being wholly or mainly maintained by, his spouse,
is wholly or mainly maintaining a female person over the age of 16 years having the care of one or more than one of that person's child dependants, and
(b) the amount set out in column (4) of that Part in respect of a child dependant or each of two such children and, in addition, where there are more than two such children, the amount set out in column (5) of that Part in respect of each such child in excess of two.
(2) In this Act—
‘adult dependant’ means a person in respect of whom an increase of supplementary welfare allowance is payable under subsection (1) (a) of this section;
‘child dependant’ means, in relation to a person, any child, not being an adult dependant, who has not attained the age of 18 years and who is dependent upon that person for support.
(3) The Minister may, with the sanction of the Minister for Finance, by regulations vary the weekly amounts of supplementary welfare allowance specified in Part I of the said Eighth Schedule but not so as to reduce any amount so specified.
(4) For the purposes of this section, columns (4) and (5) of the said Eighth Schedule shall be construed as if ‘child dependant’ and ‘child dependants’, respectively, were substituted for ‘qualified child’ and ‘qualified children’.”.
(3) This section shall come into operation on the 7th day of April, 1980.
Social insurance benefits (new rates).
15.—(1) The Act of 1952 is hereby amended—
(a) by the substitution for Part I of the Third Schedule (inserted by the Act of 1979 and varied by the Regulations of 1979) of the following Part:
“PART I
Rates of Periodical Benefits and Increases thereof
Description of benefit | Weekly Rate | Increase for adult dependant (where payable) | Increase for qualified child or for each of two qualified children (where payable) | Increase for each qualified child in excess of two (where payable) | Increase for adult dependant under section 26 (4) (where payable) |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
1. Disability Benefit and Unemployment Benefit: | |||||
(a) in the case of persons over the age of eighteen— | |||||
(i) for a man, single woman or widow, married woman living apart from and unable to obtain any financial assistance from her husband or married woman entitled to an increase for a qualified child or qualified children or for a husband | 20·45 | 13·25 | 5·95 | 4·90 | — |
(ii) for any other married woman | 18·00 | — | — | — | — |
(b) in the case of persons under the age of eighteen— | |||||
(i) where the person is entitled to an increase for a qualified child or qualified children or for an adult dependant | 20·45 | 13·25 | 5·95 | 4·90 | — |
(ii) where the person is not so entitled | 18·00 | — | — | — | — |
2. Invalidity Pension: | |||||
(a) for a man, single woman or widow, married woman living apart from and unable to obtain any financial assistance from her husband or married woman entitled to an increase for a qualified child or qualified children or for a husband | 22·05 | 14·30 | 6·40 | 5·30 | 11·75 |
(b) for any other married woman | 19·40 | — | — | — | 11·75 |
3. Maternity Allowance | 20·45 | — | — | — | — |
4. Widow's (Contributory) Pension and Deserted Wife's Benefit: | |||||
(a) in the case of persons under the age of eighty | 22·50 | — | 7·50 | 7·50 | 11·75 |
(b) in any other case | 24·05 | — | 7·50 | 7·50 | 11·75 |
5. Orphan's (Contributory) Allowance | 16·15 | — | — | — | — |
6. Retirement Pension and Old Age (Contributory) Pension: | |||||
(a) in the case of persons under the age of eighty | 24·50 | 15·65 | 6·40 | 5·30 | 11·75 |
(b) in any other case | 26·25 | 15·65 | 6·40 | 5·30 | 11·75 |
(c) additional increase for an adult dependant who has attained pensionable age | — | 2·65 | — | — | — |
”.
and
(b) by the substitution for item 2 in Part II (inserted by the Act of 1978) of the Third Schedule of the following item:
“2. Death Grant:
(a) in case the deceased person was a qualified child under the age of 5 years | 15 |
(b) in case the deceased person was any other qualified child | 45 |
(c) in any other case | 75”. |
(2) Section 14 (2) of the Act of 1977 is hereby amended by the substitution for “£1.30” (inserted by the Act of 1979) of “£1.65”.
(3) This section shall come into operation—
(a) in so far as it relates to disability benefit, unemployment benefit, maternity allowance and death grant, on the 7th day of April, 1980,
(b) in so far as it relates to deserted wife's benefit, invalidity pension and retirement pension, on the 3rd day of April, 1980, and
(c) in so far as it relates to old age (contributory) pension, widow's (contributory) pension and orphan's (contributory) allowance, on the 4th day of April, 1980.
Unemployment benefit (increase of certain rates).
16.—(1) Section 5 (2) of the Act of 1967 is hereby amended by the substitution for the Table thereto (inserted by the Act of 1979 and varied by the Regulations of 1979) of the Table to this section.
(2) This section shall come into operation on the 7th day of April, 1980.
TABLE
Class of Person | Weekly Rate | Increase for adult dependant (where payable) | Increase for qualified child or for each of two qualified children (where payable) | Increase for each qualified child in excess of two (where payable) |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
£ | £ | £ | £ | |
Person entitled to an increase in respect of a qualified child but not entitled to an increase in respect of an adult dependant | 17·20 | — | 5·30 | 4·10 |
Any other person | 17·00 | 12·25 | 5·30 | 4·10 |
Disability benefit (additional waiting days).
17.—(1) Section 15 of the Act of 1952 is hereby amended by—
(a) the substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsection:
“(2) (a) A person shall not be entitled to disability benefit for the first 3 days of any period of incapacity for work.
(b) A person shall not be entitled to unemployment benefit for the first 3 days of any period of interruption of employment.”, and
(b) the insertion after paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of the following paragraph:
“(aa) any 3 days of incapacity for work, whether consecutive or not, within a period of 6 consecutive days shall be treated as a period of incapacity for work and any two such periods not separated by more than 3 days shall be treated as one period of incapacity for work: provided that a period of incapacity for work shall be deemed to include any day or days of unemployment in the period of 3 consecutive days preceding the first day of incapacity for work, but any such day of unemployment shall not be a day of incapacity for work to which section 3 (4) (a) (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1980) of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Benefit) Act, 1973, applies,”.
(2) Section 3 of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Benefit) Act, 1973, is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (4) (inserted by the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Benefit) Act, 1975) of the following subsection:
“(4) In calculating for the purposes of this Act whether, in a period of interruption of employment, a person has had a specified number of days of incapacity for work or a specified number of days of unemployment, account shall be taken only of—
(a) any day or days of incapacity for work in that period in respect of which that person was paid disability benefit, maternity allowance or injury benefit and any such day or days in the first period of incapacity for work in that period of interruption of employment to which section 15 (2) (a) (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1980) of the Act of 1952 applies; and
(b) any day or days of unemployment in that period in respect of which that person was paid unemployment benefit and any such day or days to which section 15 (2) (b) (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1980) of the Act of 1952 applies.”.
(3) This section shall apply to periods of incapacity for work commencing on or after the 7th day of April, 1980.
Repeal of section 20 (5) of Act of 1952.
18.—Subsection (5) of section 20 of the Act of 1952 (which defines “week” for the purpose of maternity allowance) is hereby repealed.
Extension of meaning of “adult dependant” in the case of certain benefits.
19.—(1) Section 26 (1) of the Act of 1952 is hereby amended—
(a) by the substitution for paragraph (c) (inserted by the Act of 1977) of the following paragraph:
“(c) the beneficiary, being—
(i) a single person, or
(ii) a widow, or
(iii) a widower, or
(iv) a married person who is not living with and is neither wholly or mainly maintaining, nor being wholly or mainly maintained by, his spouse,
is wholly or mainly maintaining a female person over the age of 16 years having the care of one or more than one qualified child who normally resides or reside with the beneficiary,”;
and
(b) by the deletion of “specified in paragraph (c) of this subsection”.
(2) Section 26 (5) (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1970) of the Act of 1952 is hereby amended—
(a) by the substitution for paragraph (b) (inserted by the Act of 1977) of the following paragraph:
“(b) any period during which the beneficiary, being—
(i) a single person, or
(ii) a widow, or
(iii) a widower, or
(iv) a married person who is not living with and is neither wholly or mainly maintaining, nor being wholly or mainly maintained by, his spouse,
is wholly or mainly maintaining a female person over the age of 16 years having the care of one or more than one qualified child who normally resides or reside with the beneficiary,”;
and
(b) by the deletion of “specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection”.
(3) (a) Subsection (1) of this section shall come into operation on the 7th day of April, 1980.
(b) Subsection (2) of this section shall come into operation on the 3rd day of April, 1980.
Occupational injuries benefits (new rates).
20.—(1) Each rate (inserted by the Act of 1979 and varied by the Regulations of 1979) of occupational injuries benefit in the Act of 1966 mentioned in column (1) of the Table to this section is hereby increased by the substitution for that rate of the rate specified in column (2) of that Table opposite that mention in column (1).
(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, this section shall come into operation on the 7th day of April, 1980.
(3) The increases provided for by subsection (1) of this section in so far as they relate to sections 17 (2), 18 (2), 18 (3), 19, 20, 21 (2) and 22 of the Act of 1966, shall come into operation on the 4th day of April, 1980.
TABLE
Rate of occupational injuries benefit in the Act of 1966 | Increased rate |
(1) | (2) |
£18·60 in section 8 (3) (a) | £22·30 |
£23·50 in section 8 (3) (b) | £28·20 |
£1,630 in section 9 (7) (a) | £2,040 |
£23·50 in Table I to section 9 (8) | £29·40 |
£21·15 in Table I to section 9 (8) | £26·46 |
£18·80 in Table I to section 9 (8) | £23·52 |
£16·45 in Table I to section 9 (8) | £20·58 |
£14·10 in Table I to section 9 (8) | £17·64 |
£11·75 in Table I to section 9 (8) | £14·70 |
£9·40 in Table I to section 9 (8) | £11·76 |
£7·05 in Table I to section 9 (8) | £8·82 |
£4·70 in Table I to section 9 (8) | £5·88 |
£18·60 in Table II to section 9 (8) | £23·25 |
£16·74 in Table II to section 9 (8) | £20·92 |
£14·88 in Table II to section 9 (8) | £18·59 |
£13·02 in Table II to section 9 (8) | £16·26 |
£11·16 in Table II to section 9 (8) | £13·93 |
£9·30 in Table II to section 9 (8) | £11·60 |
£7·44 in Table II to section 9 (8) | £9·27 |
£5·58 in Table II to section 9 (8) | £6·94 |
£3·72 in Table II to section 9 (8) | £4·61 |
£4·70 in section 9 (9) (b) (ii) | £5·88 |
£3·72 in section 9 (9) (b) (ii) | £4·61 |
£11·05 in section 10 (1) | £13·25 |
£4·95 in section 11 (1) | £5·95 |
£4·10 in section 11 (1) | £4·90 |
£15·00 in section 12 (1) (a) | £18·00 |
£17·05 in section 12 (1) (b) | £20·45 |
£9·40 in section 13 (1) | £11·75 |
£18·80 in section 13 (1) | £23·50 |
£18·60 in section 15 (1) (a) (i) | £23·25 |
£23·50 in section 15 (1) (a) (ii) | £29·40 |
£22·85 in section 17 (2) and 18 (2) | £28·55 |
£1,191 in section 18 (3) | £1,489 |
£6·00 in section 19 in each place where it occurs | £7·50 |
£10·15 in section 20 in each place where it occurs | £12·70 |
£22·85 in section 20 in each place where it occurs | £28·55 |
£13·70 in section 21 (2) | £17·10 |
£115 in section 22 in each place where it occurs | £175 |
£3·72 in section 25 (3) (a) | £4·61 |
£4·70 in section 25 (3) (b) | £5·88 |
Occupational injuries (increase for pensioners living alone).
21.—(1) Section 20 (1) of the Act of 1977 is hereby amended by the substitution for “£1.30” (inserted by the Act of 1979) of “£1.65”.
(2) This section shall come into operation on the 4th day of April, 1980.
Occupational injuries (extension of definition of orphan).
22.—(1) Section 1 (1) of the Act of 1966 is hereby amended by the insertion after paragraph (b) in the definition of “orphan qualified for the purposes of this Act” of the following:
“or
(c) a child qualified for the purposes of this Act one of whose parents is dead and whose surviving parent has abandoned him or refused or failed to provide for him;”.
(2) This section shall come into operation on the 4th day of April, 1980.
Occupational injuries (extension of meaning of “adult dependant”).
23.—(1) Section 10 (1) of the Act of 1966 is hereby amended—
(a) by the substitution for paragraph (c) (inserted by the Act of 1977) of the following paragraph:
“(c) the beneficiary, being—
(i) a single person, or
(ii) a widow, or
(iii) a widower, or
(iv) a married person who is not living with and is neither wholly or mainly maintaining, nor being wholly or mainly maintained by, his spouse,
is wholly or mainly maintaining a female person over the age of 16 years having the care of one or more than one child qualified for the purposes of this Act who normally resides or reside with the beneficiary,”;
and
(b) by the deletion of “specified in paragraph (c) of this subsection”.
(2) This section shall come into operation on the 7th day of April, 1980.
Children's allowances (new rates).
24.—(1) Section 6 of the Children's Allowances (Amendment) Act, 1946, is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (1) (inserted by the Act of 1979) of the following subsection:
“(1) Subject to the provisions of the Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) Acts, 1944 to 1980, and the regulations thereunder, a person who is qualified for a children's allowance shall, so long as he remains so qualified, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas a monthly allowance of the amount set out in column (1) of Part IV of the Eighth Schedule (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1980) to the Act of 1952 in respect of one qualified child and, in addition, the amount set out in column (2) of that Part in respect of each qualified child (if any) in excess of one.”.
(2) This section shall come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1980.
Increase of grants for multiple births.
25.—(1) Section 8 of the Act of 1969 is hereby amended by the substitution in subsection (1) for “one hundred pounds” of “£300” and for “one hundred and fifty pounds” of “£400”.
(2) This section shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1980.
Pay-related social insurance (new rates of contributions and increase in earnings ceiling).
26.—(1) Subsections (1) and (2) (inserted by the Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1978) of section 6 of the Act of 1952 are hereby amended by the substitution of—
(a) “3.5 per cent.” for “3.2 per cent.” and “8.5 per cent.” for “7.5 per cent.” in paragraphs (b) (i) and (b) (ii), respectively, of subsection (1), and
(b) “£7,000” for “£5,500” (inserted by the Social Welfare (Rates of Contributions and Yearly Reckonable Earnings) (Confirmation and Variation) Regulations, 1979 (S.I. No. 65 of 1979)) in paragraph (c) of subsection (1), and
(c) “1.8 per cent.” for “1.7 per cent.”, “4.7 per cent.” for “4.4 per cent.” and “2.9 per cent.” for “2.7 per cent.” in paragraphs (b) (i), (b) (ii) and (b) (iii), respectively, of subsection (2).
(2) This section shall come into operation on the 6th day of April, 1980.
Short title, construction and collective citations.
27.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Social Welfare Act, 1980.
(2) This Act—
(a) in so far as it amends and extends the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1979, shall be construed as one with those Acts and may be cited together with them as the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1980,
(b) in so far as it amends and extends the Unemployment Assistance Acts, 1933 to 1979, shall be construed as one with those Acts and may be cited together with them as the Unemployment Assistance Acts, 1933 to 1980,
(c) in so far as it amends and extends the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1979, shall be construed as one with those Acts and may be cited together with them as the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1980,
(d) in so far as it amends and extends the Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) Acts, 1944 to 1979, shall be construed as one with those Acts and may be cited together with them as the Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) Acts, 1944 to 1980,
(e) in so far as it amends and extends the Social Welfare (Supplementary Welfare Allowances) Acts, 1975 and 1979, shall be construed as one with those Acts and may be cited together with them as the Social Welfare (Supplementary Welfare Allowances) Acts, 1975 to 1980, and
(f) in so far as it amends and extends the Social Welfare Acts, 1952 to 1979, shall be construed as one with those Acts and may be cited together with them as the Social Welfare Acts, 1952 to 1980.
SCHEDULE
EIGHTH SCHEDULE
Part I
Rates of Periodical Social Assistance and Increases Thereof
Description of assistance, pension or allowance | Weekly rate or amount | Increase for adult dependant (where payable) | Increase for qualified child or each of two qualified children (where payable) | Increase for each qualified child in excess of two (where payable) | Increase for prescribed relative (where payable) | Increase where the person has attained pensionable age and is living alone (where payable) | Increase where the person has attained the age of 80 years (where payable) |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) |
£ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
1. Unemployment Assistance: | |||||||
A. Persons other than those at B | |||||||
(1) in the case of persons other than those at A (2) | |||||||
(i) for persons resident in any urban area | 17·00 | 12·25 | 5·30 | 4·10 | — | — | — |
(ii) for persons resident in any other place | 16·45 | 11·95 | 5·30 | 4·10 | — | — | — |
(2) in the case of persons for whom the yearly advantage from land is calculated in accordance with Act No. 20 of 1965, s. 8— | |||||||
(a) where the rateable valuation of the land does not exceed £10— | |||||||
(i) for persons resident in any urban area | 14·15 | 10·20 | 4·40 | 3·40 | — | — | — |
(ii) for persons resident in any other place | 13·70 | 9·95 | 4·40 | 3·40 | — | — | — |
(b) where the rateable valuation of the land exceeds £10 but does not exceed £15— | |||||||
(i) for persons resident in any urban area | 12·00 | 8·55 | 3·65 | 2·90 | — | — | — |
(ii) for persons resident in any other place | 11·55 | 8·45 | 3·65 | 2·90 | — | — | — |
(c) where the rateable valuation of the land exceeds £15 but does not exceed £20— | |||||||
(i) for persons resident in any urban area | 10·05 | 7·15 | 3·10 | 2·45 | — | — | — |
(ii) for persons resident in any other place | 9·70 | 7·05 | 3·10 | 2·45 | — | — | — |
B. Persons without an adult dependant and with one or more qualified children | |||||||
(1) in the case of persons other than those at B (2) | |||||||
(i) for persons resident in any urban area | 17·20 | — | 5·30 | 4·10 | — | — | — |
(ii) for persons resident in any other place | 16·70 | — | 5·30 | 4·10 | — | — | — |
(2) in the case of persons for whom the yearly advantages from land is calculated in accordance with Act, No. 20 of 1965, s. 8— | |||||||
(a) where the rateable valuation of the land does not exceed £10— | |||||||
(i) for persons resident in any urban area | 14·35 | — | 4·40 | 3·40 | — | — | — |
(ii) for persons resident in any other place | 13·90 | — | 4·40 | 3·40 | — | — | — |
(b) where the rateable valuation of the land exceeds £10 but does not exceed £15— | |||||||
(i) for persons resident in any urban area | 12·15 | — | 3·65 | 2·90 | — | — | — |
(ii) for persons resident in any other place | 11·70 | — | 3·65 | 2·90 | — | — | — |
(c) where the rateable valuation of the land exceeds £15 but does not exceed £20— | |||||||
(i) for persons resident in any urban area | 10·25 | — | 3·10 | 2·45 | — | — | — |
(ii) for persons resident in any other place | 9·85 | — | 3·10 | 2·45 | — | — | — |
2. Old Age Pension (including pension payable to a blind person) | 21·00 | — | 5·70 | 4·40 | 11·75 | 1·65 | 1·50 |
3. Widow's (Non-Contributory) Pension, Deserted Wife's Allowance, Prisoner's Wife's Allowance and Social Assistance Allowance | 21·00 | — | 6·90 | 6·90 | 11·75 | 1·65 | 1·50 |
4. Orphan's (Non-Contributory) Pension | 13·55 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5. Single Woman's Allowance | 18·30 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
6. Supplementary Welfare Allowance: | |||||||
(a) Persons other than those at (b) | 16·45 | 11·95 | 5·30 | 4·10 | — | — | — |
(b) Persons without an adult dependant and with one or more child dependants | 16·70 | — | 5·30 | 4·10 | — | — | — |
Part II
Description of social assistance | Amount of reduction for each £1 of weekly means |
(1) | (2) |
£ | |
Old Age Pension (including pension payable to a blind person) | 1·20 |
Widow's (Non-Contributory) Pension, Deserted Wife's Allowance, Prisoner's Wife's Allowance and Social Assistance Allowance | 1·20 |
Orphan's (Non-Contributory) Pension | 1·20 |
Single Woman's Allowance | 1·20 |
Part III
Increase of Pension for a Spouse under the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1980
Means of claimant or pensioner | Weekly rate of increase |
£ | |
Where the weekly means of the claimant or pensioner— | |
do not exceed £6 | 10·55 |
exceed £6 but do not exceed £7 | 9·95 |
exceed £7 but do not exceed £8 | 9·35 |
exceed £8 but do not exceed £9 | 8·75 |
exceed £9 but do not exceed £10 | 8·15 |
exceed £10 but do not exceed £11 | 7·55 |
exceed £11 but do not exceed £12 | 6·95 |
exceed £12 but do not exceed £13 | 6·35 |
exceed £13 but do not exceed £14 | 5·75 |
exceed £14 but do not exceed £15 | 5·15 |
exceed £15 but do not exceed £16 | 4·55 |
exceed £16 but do not exceed £17 | 3·95 |
exceed £17 but do not exceed £18 | 3·35 |
exceed £18 but do not exceed £19 | 2·75 |
exceed £19 but do not exceed £20 | 2·15 |
exceed £20 but do not exceed £21 | 1·55 |
exceed £21 but do not exceed £22 | 0·95 |
exceed £22 but do not exceed £23 | 0·35 |
exceed £23 | Nil |
PART IV
Amounts of Children's Allowances
Amount for one child | Additional amount for each child in excess of one |
(1) | (2) |
£4·50 | £7 |
Acts Referred to | |
1924, No. 19 | |
1932, No. 18 | |
1933, No. 46 | |
1935, No. 29 | |
1935, No. 38 | |
1946, No. 8 | |
1952, No. 11 | |
1964, No. 28 | |
1966, No. 16 | |
1967, No. 18 | |
1968, No. 31 | |
1969, No. 19 | |
1970, No. 12 | |
1973, No. 2 | |
1973, No. 10 | |
1974, No. 14 | |
1975, No. 8 | |
1975, No. 28 | |
1976, No. 6 | |
1976, No. 28 | |
1977, No. 3 | |
1978, No. 5 | |
1978, No. 25 | |
1979, No. 8 | |