Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1968

Increase of rates of unemployment assistance.

3.—(1) In the Act of 1933, for the Schedule thereto (inserted by the Act of 1967) there is hereby substituted the following:

“SCHEDULE

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

Person without a dependant

51s. 6d.

45s. 6d.

Person with an adult dependant

97s. 6d.

89s. 6d.

Person with an adult dependant and one child dependant

110s. 0d.

102s. 0d.

Person with an adult dependant and two or more child dependants

122s. 6d.

plus, where there are more than two child dependants, 7/6d. for each child dependant in excess of two.

114s. 6d.

plus, where there are more than two child dependants, 7/6d. for each child dependant in excess of two.

Person with one child dependant

67s. 0d.

61s. 0d.

Person with two or more child dependants

79s. 6d.

plus, where there are more than two child dependants, 7/6d. for each child dependant in excess of two.

73s. 6d.

plus, where there are more than two child dependants, 7/6d. for each child dependant in excess of two.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall come into operation on the 31st day of July, 1968.