Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981

CHAPTER 15

Death Grant

Title to grant.

[1952, s. 25 B; 1970, s. 5]

107.—(1) Subject to this Act, a death grant shall be payable, to such person or persons as may be prescribed, on the death of—

(a) an insured person,

(b) the wife or husband of an insured person,

(c) the widow or widower of a deceased insured person, or

(d) a qualified child,

if the contribution conditions in section 108 are satisfied, but only one death grant shall be paid by virtue of this section on any one death.

(2) For the purposes of this section, in item 2 of Part VI of the Second Schedule and section 108 (2) “qualified child” means a person—

(a) who is under the age of 18 years at the date of death,

(b) who is ordinarily resident in the State on that date, and

(c) in respect of whose death the relevant contribution conditions for death grant are not satisfied by such person's insurance or the insurance of such person's wife or husband.