Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Act 2018

Increase in rates of jobseeker’s benefit relating to certain reckonable weekly earnings, certain reckonable weekly income and certain periods

8. (1) Section 65A(1) (amended by section 7(1) of the Act of 2017) of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “€91.10” for “€88.90”,

(b) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “€131.00” for “€127.80”,

(c) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “€159.00” for “€155.10”,

(d) in paragraph (d), by the substitution of “€91.10” for “€88.90”,

(e) in paragraph (e), by the substitution of “€131.00” for “€127.80”,

(f) in paragraph (f), by the substitution of “€159.00” for “€155.10”,

(g) in paragraph (g), by the substitution of “€91.10” for “€88.90”,

(h) in paragraph (h), by the substitution of “€131.00” for “€127.80”, and

(i) in paragraph (i), by the substitution of “€159.00” for “€155.10”.

(2) Section 65A(2) (amended by section 7(2) of the Act of 2017) of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “€71.70” for “€69.40”,

(b) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “€102.60” for “€99.40”, and

(c) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “€124.00” for “€120.10”.

(3) Section 66(1A) of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of “€87.20” for “€85.10”.

(4) This section comes into operation on 21 March 2019.