Social Welfare Act 2020

Increase in widowed or surviving civil partner grant

9. (1) Section 137(1) (amended by section 18 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010 ) of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of “€8,000” for “€6,000”.

(2) The amendment effected to section 137(1) of the Principal Act by subsection (1) comes into operation on 1 January 2021 and has effect in respect of persons whose entitlement to a widowed or surviving civil partner grant arises on or after that date.

(3) Section 137(1) of the Principal Act shall, in relation to a person whose entitlement to a widowed or surviving civil partner grant arises before 1 January 2021, continue to apply as if the amendment effected by subsection (1) had not been made.