Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981
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CHAPTER 4 Unemployment Benefit | ||
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Title to benefit. [1952, s. 15] |
29.—(1) Subject to this Act, a person shall be entitled to unemployment benefit in respect of any day of unemployment (in this Act referred to as a day of unemployment) which forms part of a period of interruption of employment if— | |
(a) he is under pensionable age on the day for which the benefit is claimed, and | ||
(b) he satisfies the contribution conditions in section 30 . | ||
[1980, s. 17] | ||
(2) A person shall not be entitled to unemployment benefit for the first 3 days of any period of interruption of employment. | ||
[1974 (No. 2), s. 10] | ||
(3) Subject to section 125 , payment of unemployment benefit shall continue to be made for a period of 6 weeks after the date of death of a beneficiary who had an adult dependant. | ||
(4) For the purposes of any provision of this Act relating to unemployment benefit— | ||
(a) a day shall not be treated in relation to an insured person as a day of unemployment unless on that day he is not incapable of work and is, or is deemed in accordance with regulations to be, available for employment, | ||
(b) “day of interruption of employment” means a day which is a day of unemployment or of incapacity for work, | ||
(c) any 3 days of interruption of employment, whether consecutive or not, within a period of 6 consecutive days shall be treated as a period of interruption of employment and any two such periods not separated by a period of more than 13 weeks shall be treated as one period of interruption of employment, | ||
(d) Sunday or such other day in each week as may be prescribed shall not be treated as a day of unemployment or of incapacity for work and shall be disregarded in computing any period of consecutive days. | ||
(5) Regulations may make provision (subject to subsection (4)) as to the days which are or are not to be treated for the purposes of unemployment benefit as days of unemployment or of incapacity for work. | ||
(6) The amount payable by way of benefit for any day of unemployment shall be one-sixth of the appropriate weekly rate. |