Social Welfare Act 2017

Alteration in rates of jobseeker’s benefit relating to certain reckonable weekly earnings

7. (1) Section 65A (1) of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in paragraphs (a), (d) and (g), by the substitution of “€88. 90” for “€86. 70” in each place that it occurs,

(b) in paragraphs (b), (e) and (h), by the substitution of “€127. 80” for “€124. 60” in each place that it occurs, and

(c) in paragraphs (c), (f) and (i), by the substitution of “€155. 10” for “€151. 20” in each place that it occurs.

(2) Section 65A (2) of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “€69. 40” for “€65. 00”,

(b) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “€99. 40” for “€93. 00”, and

(c) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “€120. 10” for “€113. 00”.

(3) Section 66(1A) of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of “€85. 10” for “€83. 00”.

(4) This section comes into operation on 22 March 2018.