Social Welfare Act 2021

Increase in rates of jobseeker’s benefit relating to certain reckonable weekly earnings, certain weekly income and certain reckonable weekly income and certain periods

10. (1) Section 65A(1) (amended by section 8(1) of the Act of 2018) of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution—

(a) in paragraphs (a), (d) and (g), of “€93.30” for “€91.10” in each place where it occurs in those paragraphs,

(b) in paragraphs (b), (e) and (h), of “€134.20” for “€131.00” in each place where it occurs in those paragraphs, and

(c) in paragraphs (c), (f) and (i), of “€162.90” for “€159.00” in each place where it occurs in those paragraphs.

(2) Section 65A(2) (amended by section 8(2) of the Act of 2018) of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “€73.70” for “€71.70”,

(b) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “€106.00” for “€102.60”, and

(c) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “€128.60” for “€124.00”.

(3) This section comes into operation on 30 December 2021.