Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981
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Amounts of children's allowance. [1946 CA, s. 6; 1980, s. 24] |
225.—(1) Subject to this Part and the regulations there-under, a person who is qualified for a children's allowance shall, so long as he remains so qualified, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas a monthly allowance of the amount set out in column (1) of Part IV of the Fourth Schedule in respect of one qualified child, and, in addition, the amount set out in column (2) of that Part in respect of each qualified child (if any) in excess of one. | |
[1965 MP, s. 18] | ||
(2) Notwithstanding anything in this Part, the monthly allowance payable to a qualified person in respect of a qualified child whose birth was part of a multiple birth of three or more children of whom not less than three remain qualified shall be double the allowance that would have been payable if this subsection had not been enacted. | ||
[1969 MP, s. 8; 1980, s. 25] | ||
(3) A person who is qualified for a children's allowance under this Part shall, subject to this Part and the regulations made there-under, 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 £300 if such qualified children are three in number and £400 if they exceed three in number. | ||
(4) A grant under subsection (3) shall become payable on the date of birth of the last-born of the qualified children of the multiple birth. | ||
(5) Payment of a grant under subsection (3) shall be in addition to any children's allowance payable by way of a monthly allowance under this Part in respect of the children concerned. |