Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023

Amendment of section 40 of Principal Act (entitlement to illness benefit)

35. Section 40(1) of the Principal Act is amended, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):

“(a) on the day for which the benefit is claimed—

(i) the person is under pensionable age, or

(ii) the person was born on or after 1 January 1958 and has attained pensionable age but has neither attained the age of 70 years nor been awarded a State pension (contributory),”.