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Number 13 of 1959.

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SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1959.

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section
1.	Increase of rates of old age pensions.
2.	Increase of rates of unemployment assistance.
3.	Increase of rates of widows' (non-contributory) pensions.
4.	Short title, commencement and collective citations.

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Acts Referred to
Social Welfare Act, 1952	1952, No. 11
Social Welfare Act, 1957	1957, No. 8
Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933	1957, No. 46
Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935	1935, No. 29

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Number 13 of 1959.

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SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1959.

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AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR INCREASES IN THE RATES OF PENSIONS UNDER THE OLD AGE PENSIONS ACTS, 1908 TO 1957, UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE UNDER THE UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE ACTS, 1933 TO 1957, AND WIDOWS' (NON-CONTRIBUTORY) PENSIONS UNDER THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSIONS ACTS, 1935 TO 1957. [16th June, 1959.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:— [GA]

Increase of rates of old age pensions.

1.—The rates of 25s. 0d., 20s. 0d., 15s. 0d., 10s. 0d. set forth in the Table to subsection (2) of section 77 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952, by virtue of section 1 of the Social Welfare Act, 1957, are each hereby increased by 2s. 6d.

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Increase of rates of unemployment assistance.

2.—In the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933, for the Schedule thereto inserted by subsection (1) of section 2 of the Social Welfare Act; 1957, there is hereby substituted the following:

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“SCHEDULE.

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Rates of Unemployment Assistance.

Classes of persons to whom the rates of unemployment assistance set out in this Schedule are applicable.	Rate of unemployment assistance applicable to persons resident in any urban area.		Rate of unemployment assistance applicable to persons resident in any other place.
	per week		per week
	s.	d.	s.	d.
Person without a dependant	19	0	13	0
Person with an adult dependant	32	6	24	6
Person with an adult dependant and one child dependant	33	6	29	6
Person with an adult dependant and two or more child dependants	43	6	33	6
Person with one child dependant	25	0	18	0
Person with two or more child dependants	30	0	22	0

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Increase of rates of widows' (non-contributory) pensions.

3.—In Table B to section 20 of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935, being the section inserted by section 105 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952, for the rates set forth therein by virtue of subsection (1) of section 3 of the Social Welfare Act, 1957, there are hereby substituted the rates set forth in the Table to this section.

TABLE.

Weekly Rates of Widows' (Non-Contributory) Pensions.

	Weekly Rates
Means of Widow	Widow, no qualified child.		Widow, one qualified child.		Widow, two or more qualified children.
(1)	(2)		(3)		(4)
	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
Where the yearly means of the widow as duly calculated—
do not exceed £52 10s. 0d.	26	0	34	0	41	0
exceed £52 10s. 0d. but do not exceed £65 10s. 0d.	21	0	29	0	36	0
exceed £65 10s. 0d. but do not exceed £78 10s. 0d.	16	0	24	0	31	0
exceed £78 10s. 0d. but do not exceed £104 15s. 0d.	11	0	19	0	26	0
exceed £104 15s. 0d. but do not exceed £117 15s. 0d.	No pension		8	0	15	0
exceed £117 15s. 0d. but do not exceed £130 15s. 0d.	No pension		No pension		7	0
exceed £130 15s. 0d.	No pension		No pension		No pension

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Short title, commencement and collective citations.

4.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Social Welfare Act, 1959.

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(2) This Act shall come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1959.

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(3) The Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1957, and section 1 of this Act may be cited together as the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1959.

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(4) The Unemployment Assistance Acts, 1933 to 1957, and section 2 of this Act may be cited together as the Unemployment Assistance Acts, 1933 to 1959.

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(5) The Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1957, and section 3 of this Act may be cited together as the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1959.