Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023

Amendment of section 238C of Principal Act (duration of back to work family dividend)

51. Section 238C of the Principal Act is amended, by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3):

“(4) Where a person was in receipt of back to work family dividend immediately prior to attaining pensionable age, payment of that dividend shall cease upon him or her attaining pensionable age unless he or she—

(a) was born on or after 1 January 1958, and

(b) has, in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed period, notified the Minister of his or her desire to continue receiving back to work family dividend after attaining pensionable age for any remaining period in which he or she is entitled to receive it.”.