Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1969

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Grant of children's allowance in respect of three or more children in case of multiple birth.

8.—(1) A person who is found to be qualified for a children's allowance under the Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) Acts, 1944 to 1966, shall, subject to the provisions of those Acts and of the regulations made thereunder, be paid children's allowances by way of a grant in respect of three or more qualified children where the birth of each of them was part of the same multiple birth and the amount of the grant shall be one hundred pounds if such qualified children are three in number and one hundred and fifty pounds if they exceed three in number.

(2) A grant under this section shall become payable on the date of birth of the last-born of the qualified children of the multiple birth.

(3) Payment of a grant under this section shall be in addition to any children's allowance payable by way of a monthly allowance under the Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) Acts, 1944 to 1966, in respect of the children concerned.

(4) Subsections (1) to (3) of this section shall come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1969.