Social Welfare Act, 1992

Amendment of section 35 of Principal Act (disqualification for unemployment benefit).

29.—(1) Subsection (3) (as amended by section 31 ) of section 35 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by—

(a) the insertion after paragraph (d) of the following paragraph:

“(e) being a person under the age of 55 years who, in accordance with the Redundancy Payments Acts, 1967 to 1991, has been dismissed by his employer by reason of redundancy, has received or is entitled to receive any moneys, in excess of a prescribed amount, in respect of that redundancy under the said Acts or under an agreement with his employer,”, and

(b) the substitution for “failure or neglect” of “failure, neglect or redundancy”.

(2) This section shall come into operation on such day as the Minister may appoint by order.