Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Act 2014
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Amounts of child benefit | ||
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2. (1) The Principal Act is amended— | ||
(a) in section 221— | ||
(i) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1) (amended by section 8 of the Act of 2012): | ||
“(1) Subject to this Act, a qualified person shall be paid a monthly benefit of €135 in respect of each qualified child.”, | ||
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(ii) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2) (amended by section 17 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Act 2006 ): | ||
“(2) Notwithstanding anything in this Part, the monthly benefit payable to a qualified person in respect of a qualified child whose birth was part of— | ||
(a) a multiple birth of 2 children, of whom 2 remain qualified, shall be 150 per cent of the amount specified in subsection (1), or | ||
(b) a multiple birth of 3 or more children, of whom— | ||
(i) not less than 3 remain qualified, shall be 200 per cent of the amount specified in subsection (1), | ||
(ii) not less than 2 remain qualified, shall be 150 per cent of the amount specified in subsection (1), or | ||
(iii) one remains qualified, shall be payable at the amount specified in subsection (1).”, | ||
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(b) in Schedule 4, by the repeal of Part 4 (amended by section 8 of the Act of 2012). | ||
(2) This section comes into operation on 1 January 2015. |