Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1974

Increase of certain rates of unemployment benefit.

13.—(1) Section 5 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1967 , is hereby amended by the substitution for the Table to subsection (2) (amended by the Act of 1973) of the Table to this section.

(2) This section shall come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1974.

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

6·50

1·95

1·50

Any other person

6·35

4·60

1·95

1·50