Social Welfare Act 2022

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Increase in rates of jobseeker’s benefit and jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed) relating to certain reckonable weekly earnings, certain weekly income, certain reckonable weekly income and certain periods

9. (1) Section 65A(1) (amended by section 10(1) of the Act of 2021) of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in paragraphs (a), (d) and (g), by the substitution of “€98. 70” for “€93.30” in each place where it occurs,

(b) in paragraphs (b), (e) and (h), by the substitution of “€141. 90” for “€134.20” in each place where it occurs, and

(c) in paragraphs (c), (f) and (i), by the substitution of “€172. 30” for “€162.90” in each place where it occurs.

(2) Section 65A(2) (amended by section 10(2) of the Act of 2021) of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “€78. 90” for “€73.70”,

(b) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “€113. 50” for “€106.00”, and

(c) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “€137. 80” for “€128.60”.

(3) Section 66(1A) (amended by section 11 of the Act of 2021) of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of “€94. 50” for “€89. 30”.

(4) Section 68F(1) (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 2019) of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “€98. 70” for “€91.10”,

(b) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “€141. 90” for “€131.00”, and

(c) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “€172. 30” for “€159.00”.

(5) Section 68F(2) (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 2019) of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “€78. 90” for “€71.70”,

(b) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “€113. 50” for “€102.60”, and

(c) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “€137. 80” for “€124.00”.

(6) Section 68G(2) (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 2019) of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of “€94. 50” for “€87.20”.

(7) This section comes into operation on 29 December 2022.