Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005
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Chapter 21 Widowed Parent Grant | ||
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Entitlement to grant. [2000 s13; 2003 s7] |
137.—(1) Subject to this Act, a grant (in this section referred to as a “widowed parent grant”) of €2,700, or any higher amount that may be prescribed, shall be paid to a widowed parent on the death of his or her spouse. | |
| [2000 s13] |
(2) In this Chapter— | |
“spouse” includes a party to a marriage that has been dissolved, being a dissolution that is recognised as valid in the State and in relation to a widow or widower who has been married more than once, refers only to the widow's or widower's last spouse; | ||
“widow” includes a woman who would otherwise be a widow but for the fact that her marriage has been dissolved, being a dissolution that is recognised as valid in the State; | ||
“widowed parent” means a widow or widower who— | ||
(a) has at least one qualified child who normally resides with him or her, and | ||
(b) (i) is entitled to or in receipt of bereavement grant, or | ||
(ii) is entitled to or in receipt of— | ||
(I) death benefit under section 81 , or | ||
(II) widow's (contributory) pension, or | ||
(III) widower's (contributory) pension, or | ||
(IV) widow's or widower's (contributory) pension by virtue of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1408/71 of the Council of 14 June 19712 or by virtue of a reciprocal agreement under section 287 , or | ||
(V) one-parent family payment, | ||
which includes an increase in respect of a qualified child; | ||
“widower” includes a man who would otherwise be a widower but for the fact that his marriage has been dissolved, being a dissolution that is recognised as valid in the State. | ||