Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1985

Amendment of section 139 of Principal Act (rates of assistance).

10.—Section 139 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after “section 140” of “and to section 12 of the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1985 ”, and the said section, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.

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139. Subject to section 140 and to section 12 of the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1985 , the rate (in this Chapter referred to as the scheduled rate) of unemployment assistance shall be the weekly rate set out in column (2) of Part I of the Fourth Schedule, increased by—

(a) the amount set out in column (3) of that Part for any period during which the applicant or recipient has an adult dependant, subject to the restriction that the applicant or recipient shall not be entitled to an increase of assistance under this paragraph in respect of more than one person, and

(b) the appropriate amount set out in column (4), (4a), (5) or (5a) of that Part in respect of each qualified child who normally resides with the applicant or recipient.