S.I. No. 102/2019 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 4) (Change in Rates) Regulations 2019


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 22nd March, 2019.

I, REGINA DOHERTY, Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 , 4 (amended by section 96 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 10 of 2011)), 41 , 53 , 64 , 109 (9), 109 (10), 109 (15) and 178A of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26 of 2005), and by sections 2(2), 109(8) (amended by section 4 of the Social Welfare Act 2012 (No. 43 of 2012)), 109(14) (amended by section 4 of the Social Welfare Act 2012 ), 125 and 297 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 , with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and construction

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 4) (Change in Rates) Regulations 2019.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2019 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2019.

Commencement

2. These Regulations come into operation–

(a) in so far as they relate to jobseeker’s allowance, pre-retirement allowance and farm assist, on 20 March 2019,

(b) in so far as they relate to jobseeker’s benefit, on 21 March 2019,

(c) in so far as they relate to illness benefit, health and safety benefit and injury benefit on 25 March 2019,

(d) in so far as they relate to disability allowance, on 27 March 2019,

(e) in so far as they relate to invalidity pension and a payment referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of “relevant payment” in section 178(1) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 on 28 March 2019, and

(f) in so far as they relate to State pension (contributory), widow’s (contributory) pension, widower’s (contributory) pension and surviving civil partner’s (contributory) pension, on 29 March 2019.

Amendment of Schedules to Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007

3. The Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 142 of 2007 ) are amended–

(a) by the substitution of the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations for Schedule 1,

(b) by the substitution of the Schedules set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations for Schedules 2 and 2A,

(c) by the substitution of the Schedules set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations for Schedules 3 and 3A,

(d) by the substitution of the Schedule set out in Schedule 4 to these Regulations for Schedule 4,

(e) by the substitution of the Schedules set out in Schedule 5 to these Regulations for Schedules 5, 6 and 6A,

(f) by the substitution of the Schedule set out in Schedule 6 to these Regulations for Schedule 7,

(g) by the substitution of the Schedules set out in Schedule 7 to these Regulations for Schedules 8, 8A and 8B,

(h) by the substitution of the Schedule set out in Schedule 8 to these Regulations for Schedule 9, and

(i) by the substitution of the Schedule set out in Schedule 9 to these Regulations for Schedule 11.

SCHEDULE 1

“SCHEDULE 1

Article 9

Rates of increases for Qualified Adult payable with Illness Benefit, Jobseeker’s Benefit, Injury Benefit, Incapacity Supplement, Jobseeker’s Allowance, Pre-Retirement Allowance, Disability Allowance or Farm Assist and where Qualified Adult has attained pensionable age in the case of Incapacity Supplement

Qualified Adult weekly income, calculated or estimated in accordance with article 8

Increase in respect of Qualified Adult

Incapacity Supplement Increase in respect of Qualified Adult (over 66)

(1)

(2)

(3)

Less than or equal to €100.00

134.70

147.50

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

129.70

142.50

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

124.70

137.50

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

119.00

131.20

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

113.10

124.90

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00

107.40

118.60

Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

101.60

112.30

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

95.80

106.00

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

90.00

99.70

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

84.10

93.40

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

78.40

87.10

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

72.50

80.80

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

66.80

74.50

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

60.90

68.20

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

55.20

61.90

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

49.40

55.60

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

43.60

49.30

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

37.80

43.00

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

32.00

36.70

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

26.20

30.40

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

20.40

24.10

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

14.60

17.80

”.

SCHEDULE 2

“SCHEDULE 2

Articles 10, 62 and 70A

Rates of tapered increases for Qualified Adult payable with State Pension (Contributory) and State Pension (Transition) where Qualified Adult has attained pensionable age

State Pension (Contributory)

Weekly income of Qualified Adult

Where yearly average is not less than 48

Where yearly average is less than 48, but not less than 40

Where yearly average is less than 40, but not less than 30

Where yearly average is less than 30, but not less than 20

Where yearly average is less than 20, but not less than 15

Where yearly average is less than 15, but not less than 10

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Less than or equal to €100.00

222.50

211.40

200.50

188.70

144.50

89.50

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

213.10

202.40

191.90

180.60

138.30

85.70

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

203.70

193.40

183.30

172.50

132.10

81.90

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

194.30

184.40

174.70

164.40

125.90

78.10

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

184.90

175.40

166.10

156.30

119.70

74.30

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00

175.50

166.40

157.50

148.20

113.50

70.50

Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

166.10

157.40

148.90

140.10

107.30

66.70

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

156.70

148.40

140.30

132.00

101.10

62.90

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

147.30

139.40

131.70

123.90

94.90

59.10

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

137.90

130.40

123.10

115.80

88.70

55.30

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

128.50

121.40

114.50

107.70

82.50

51.50

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

119.10

112.40

105.90

99.60

76.30

47.70

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

109.70

103.40

97.30

91.50

70.10

43.90

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

100.30

94.40

88.70

83.40

63.90

40.10

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

90.90

85.40

80.10

75.30

57.70

36.30

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

81.50

76.40

71.50

67.20

51.50

32.50

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

72.10

67.40

62.90

59.10

45.30

28.70

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

62.70

58.40

54.30

51.00

39.10

24.90

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

53.30

49.40

45.70

42.90

32.90

21.10

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

43.90

40.40

37.10

34.80

26.70

17.30

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

34.50

31.40

28.50

26.70

20.50

13.50

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

25.10

22.40

19.90

18.60

14.30

9.70

State Pension (Transition)

Weekly income of Qualified Adult

Where yearly average is not less than 48

Where yearly average is less than 48, but not less than 40

Where yearly average is less than 40, but not less than 30

Where yearly average is less than 30, but not less than 24

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Less than or equal to €100.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

-

-

-

-

SCHEDULE 2A

Articles 62A, 65A, 71 and 71A

Rates of tapered increases for Qualified Adult payable with State Pension (Contributory) in accordance with articles 62A(5)(a) and 65A(4)(a) and State Pension (Transition) in accordance with articles 71(3)(a) and 71A(3)(a)

State Pension (Contributory)

Weekly income of Qualified Adult

Where yearly average is less than 48, but not less than 20

Where yearly average is less than 20, but not less than 15

Where yearly average is less than 15, but not less than 10

Where yearly average is less than 10, but not less than 5

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Less than or equal to €100.00

222.50

166.90

111.20

55.60

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

213.10

159.80

106.50

53.30

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

203.70

152.70

101.80

51.00

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

194.30

145.60

97.10

48.70

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

184.90

138.50

92.40

46.40

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00

175.50

131.40

87.70

44.10

Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

166.10

124.30

83.00

41.80

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

156.70

117.20

78.30

39.50

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

147.30

110.10

73.60

37.20

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

137.90

103.00

68.90

34.90

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

128.50

95.90

64.20

32.60

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

119.10

88.80

59.50

30.30

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

109.70

81.70

54.80

28.00

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

100.30

74.60

50.10

25.70

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

90.90

67.50

45.40

23.40

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

81.50

60.40

40.70

21.10

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

72.10

53.30

36.00

18.80

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

62.70

46.20

31.30

16.50

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

53.30

39.10

26.60

14.20

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

43.90

32.00

21.90

11.90

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

34.50

24.90

17.20

9.60

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

25.10

17.80

12.50

7.30

State Pension (Transition)

Weekly income of Qualified Adult

Where yearly average is less than 48, but not less than 24

(1)

(2)

Less than or equal to €100.00

-

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

-

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

-

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

-

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

-

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00

-

Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

-

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

-

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

-

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

-

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

-

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

-

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

-

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

-

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

-

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

-

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

-

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

-

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

-

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

-

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

-

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

-

”.

SCHEDULE 3

“SCHEDULE 3

Articles 10, 62 and 70A

Rates of tapered increases for Qualified Adult payable with State Pension (Contributory) and State Pension (Transition) where Qualified Adult has not attained pensionable age

State Pension (Contributory)

Weekly income of Qualified Adult

Where yearly average is not less than 48

Where yearly average is less than 48, but not less than 40

Where yearly average is less than 40, but not less than 30

Where yearly average is less than 30, but not less than 20

Where yearly average is less than 20, but not less than 15

Where yearly average is less than 15, but not less than 10

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Less than or equal to €100.00

165.40

157.40

149.80

140.10

107.80

65.70

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

158.40

150.70

143.40

134.10

103.20

62.90

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

151.40

144.00

137.00

128.10

98.60

60.10

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

144.40

137.30

130.60

122.10

94.00

57.30

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

137.40

130.60

124.20

116.10

89.40

54.50

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00

130.40

123.90

117.80

110.10

84.80

51.70

Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

123.40

117.20

111.40

104.10

80.20

48.90

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

116.40

110.50

105.00

98.10

75.60

46.10

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

109.40

103.80

98.60

92.10

71.00

43.30

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

102.40

97.10

92.20

86.10

66.40

40.50

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

95.40

90.40

85.80

80.10

61.80

37.70

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

88.40

83.70

79.40

74.10

57.20

34.90

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

81.40

77.00

73.00

68.10

52.60

32.10

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

74.40

70.30

66.60

62.10

48.00

29.30

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

67.40

63.60

60.20

56.10

43.40

26.50

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

60.40

56.90

53.80

50.10

38.80

23.70

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

53.40

50.20

47.40

44.10

34.20

20.90

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

46.40

43.50

41.00

38.10

29.60

18.10

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

39.40

36.80

34.60

32.10

25.00

15.30

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

32.40

30.10

28.20

26.10

20.40

12.50

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

25.40

23.40

21.80

20.10

15.80

9.70

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

18.40

16.70

15.40

14.10

11.20

6.90

State Pension (Transition)

Weekly income of Qualified Adult

Where yearly average is not less than 48

Where yearly average is less than 48, but not less than 40

Where yearly average is less than 40, but not less than 30

Where yearly average is less than 30, but not less than 24

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Less than or equal to €100.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

-

-

-

-

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

-

-

-

-

SCHEDULE 3A

Articles 62A, 65A, 71 and 71A

Rates of tapered increases for Qualified Adult payable with State Pension (Contributory) in accordance with articles 62A(5)(b) and 65A(4)(b) and State Pension (Transition) in accordance with articles 71(3)(b) and 71A(3)(b)

State Pension (Contributory)

Weekly income of Qualified Adult

Where yearly average is less than 48, but not less than 20

Where yearly average is less than 20, but not less than 15

Where yearly average is less than 15, but not less than 10

Where yearly average is less than 10, but not less than 5

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Less than or equal to €100.00

165.40

124.10

82.80

41.30

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

158.40

118.80

79.30

39.60

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

151.40

113.50

75.80

37.90

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

144.40

108.20

72.30

36.20

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

137.40

102.90

68.80

34.50

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00

130.40

97.60

65.30

32.80

Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

123.40

92.30

61.80

31.10

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

116.40

87.00

58.30

29.40

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

109.40

81.70

54.80

27.70

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

102.40

76.40

51.30

26.00

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

95.40

71.10

47.80

24.30

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

88.40

65.80

44.30

22.60

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

81.40

60.50

40.80

20.90

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

74.40

55.20

37.30

19.20

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

67.40

49.90

33.80

17.50

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

60.40

44.60

30.30

15.80

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

53.40

39.30

26.80

14.10

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

46.40

34.00

23.30

12.40

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

39.40

28.70

19.80

10.70

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

32.40

23.40

16.30

9.00

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

25.40

18.10

12.80

7.30

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

18.40

12.80

9.30

5.60

State Pension (Transition)

Weekly income of Qualified Adult

Where yearly average is less than 48, but not less than 24

(1)

(2)

Less than or equal to €100.00

-

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

-

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

-

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

-

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

-

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00

-

Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

-

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

-

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

-

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

-

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

-

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

-

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

-

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

-

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

-

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

-

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

-

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

-

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

-

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

-

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

-

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

-

”.

SCHEDULE 4

“SCHEDULE 4

Article 11

Rates of increases for Qualified Adult payable with Invalidity Pension and for Qualified Adult who attained pensionable age before 2 January 2014

Qualified Adult weekly income, calculated or estimated in accordance with article 8

Increase in respect of Qualified Adult

Increase in respect of Qualified Adult who attained Pensionable age before 2 January 2014

(1)

(2)

(3)

Less than or equal to €100.00

148.90

222.50

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

142.70

213.10

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

136.30

203.70

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

130.10

194.30

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

123.80

184.90

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00

117.50

175.50

Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

111.30

166.10

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

105.00

156.70

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

98.70

147.30

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

92.40

137.90

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

86.20

128.50

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

79.80

119.10

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

73.60

109.70

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

67.40

100.30

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

61.10

90.90

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

54.80

81.50

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

48.50

72.10

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

42.30

62.70

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

36.00

53.30

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

29.70

43.90

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

23.50

34.50

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

17.10

25.10

SCHEDULE 5

“SCHEDULE 5

Articles 27 and 48

Reduced rates of Illness Benefit and Jobseeker’s Benefit

Amount of reckonable weekly earnings

Weekly Rate

Increase for Qualified Adult (where payable)

(1)

(2)

(3)

32.00 to 44.43

91.10

87.20

44.44 to 63.48

131.00

87.20

63.49 to 88.87

159.00

87.20

SCHEDULE 6

Articles 27, 37 and 48

Reduced rates of Illness Benefit, Health and Safety Benefit and Jobseeker’s Benefit

Amount of reckonable weekly earnings

Weekly Rate

Increase for Qualified Adult (where payable)

(1)

(2)

(3)

32.00 to 79.79

91.10

87.20

80.00 to 124.99

131.00

87.20

125.00 to 149.99

159.00

87.20

SCHEDULE 6A

Articles 27, 37 and 48

Reduced rates of Illness Benefit, Health and Safety Benefit and Jobseeker’s Benefit

Amount of reckonable weekly earnings

Weekly Rate

Increase for Qualified Adult (where payable)

(1)

(2)

(3)

32.00 to 149.99

91.10

87.20

150.00 to 219.99

131.00

87.20

220.00 to 299.99

159.00

87.20

”.

SCHEDULE 6

“SCHEDULE 7

Articles 27 and 48

Rates of increases for Qualified Adult payable with reduced rates of Illness and Jobseeker’s Benefit

Qualified Adult weekly income, calculated or estimated in accordance with article 8

Increase in respect of Qualified Adult

(1)

(2)

Less than or equal to €100.00

87.20

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

83.60

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

79.80

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

76.20

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

72.50

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00

68.80

Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

65.10

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

61.40

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

57.70

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

54.10

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

50.30

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

46.70

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

43.10

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

39.30

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

35.70

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

32.00

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

28.30

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

24.60

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

20.90

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

17.20

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

13.60

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

9.90

”.

SCHEDULE 7

“SCHEDULE 8

Article 62

Reduced rates of State Pension (Contributory) and increases for Qualified Adult where contribution conditions are partially satisfied and where person attains pensionable age on or after 1 September 2012

Yearly Average

Weekly Rate

Increase for Qualified Adult who has not attained pensionable age

Increase for Qualified Adult who has attained pensionable age

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Less than 48, but not less than 40

243.40

157.40

211.40

Less than 40, but not less than 30

223.20

149.80

200.50

Less than 30, but not less than 20

211.30

140.10

188.70

Less than 20, but not less than 15

161.80

107.80

144.50

Less than 15, but not less than 10

99.20

65.70

89.50

SCHEDULE 8A

Articles 62A and 65A

Reduced rates of State Pension (Contributory) and increases for Qualified Adult where contribution conditions are partially satisfied and where person attained pensionable age before 1 September 2012 and is not a person to whom section 109(10) applies

Yearly Average

Weekly Rate

Increase for Qualified Adult who has not attained pensionable age

Increase for Qualified Adult who has attained pensionable age

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Less than 48, but not less than 20

243.40

165.40

222.50

Less than 20, but not less than 15

186.20

124.10

166.90

Less than 15, but not less than 10

124.20

82.80

111.20

Less than 10, but not less than 5

62.10

41.30

55.60

SCHEDULE 8B

Articles 62B and 65B

Reduced rates of State Pension (Contributory) and increases for Qualified Adult where section 109(10) applies

Yearly Average

Weekly Rate

Increase for Qualified Adult who has not attained pensionable age

Increase for Qualified Adult who has attained pensionable age

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Less than 48, but not less than 20

243.40

165.40

222.50

Less than 20, but not less than 15

186.20

129.90

166.90

Less than 15, but not less than 10

124.20

129.90

166.90

Less than 10, but not less than 5

62.10

129.90

166.90

”.

SCHEDULE 8

“SCHEDULE 9

Articles 62B and 65B

Rates of tapered increases for a Qualified Adult payable with State Pension (Contributory) where section 109(10) applies

Weekly income of Qualified Adult

Increase for Qualified Adult who has not attained pensionable age

Increase for Qualified Adult who has attained pensionable age

Where yearly average is less than 48, but not less than 20

Where yearly average is less than 20, but not less than 10

Where yearly average is less than 10, but not less than 5

Where yearly average is less than 48, but not less than 20

Where yearly average is less than 20, but not less than 10

Where yearly average is less than 10, but not less than 5

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Less than or equal to €100.00

165.40

129.90

129.90

222.50

166.90

166.90

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

158.40

124.10

124.10

213.10

159.80

159.80

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

151.40

118.30

118.30

203.70

152.70

152.70

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

144.40

112.50

112.50

194.30

145.60

145.60

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

137.40

106.70

106.70

184.90

138.50

138.50

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00

130.40

100.90

100.90

175.50

131.40

131.40

Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

123.40

95.10

95.10

166.10

124.30

124.30

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

116.40

89.30

89.30

156.70

117.20

117.20

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

109.40

83.50

83.50

147.30

110.10

110.10

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

102.40

77.70

77.70

137.90

103.00

103.00

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

95.40

71.90

71.90

128.50

95.90

95.90

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

88.40

66.10

66.10

119.10

88.80

88.80

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

81.40

60.30

60.30

109.70

81.70

81.70

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

74.40

54.50

54.50

100.30

74.60

74.60

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

67.40

48.70

48.70

90.90

67.50

67.50

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

60.40

42.90

42.90

81.50

60.40

60.40

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

53.40

37.10

37.10

72.10

53.30

53.30

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

46.40

31.30

31.30

62.70

46.20

46.20

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

39.40

25.50

25.50

53.30

39.10

39.10

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

32.40

19.70

19.70

43.90

32.00

32.00

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

25.40

13.90

13.90

34.50

24.90

24.90

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

18.40

8.10

8.10

25.10

17.80

17.80

”.

SCHEDULE 9

“SCHEDULE 11

Articles 80, 81, 87 and 88

Reduced rates of Widow’s (Contributory) Pension, Widower’s (Contributory) Pension Surviving Civil Partner’s (Contributory) Pension and a payment by virtue of paragraph (a) in the definition of “relevant payment” in section 178 where contribution conditions are partially satisfied

Yearly Average

Weekly Rate (under 66)

Weekly Rate (over 66)

(1)

(2)

(3)

36 to 47

205.40

243.40

24 to 35

202.90

237.70

18 to 23

149.90

178.20

12 to 17

99.00

118.30

5 to 11

50.10

59.20

”.

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the foregoing Regulations.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

8 March 2019.

PASCHAL DONOHOE,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

13 March 2019.

REGINA DOHERTY,

Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

Section 18 of the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Act 2018 provides for increases in the maximum rates of certain social insurance payments arising from Budget 2019. These rates will apply where the contribution conditions and relevant weekly earnings or weekly income conditions are fully satisfied.

Where contribution conditions are partially satisfied, the Social Welfare Consolidation Act provides for Regulations to specify the reduced personal rates and for tapered increases for a qualified adult (where such a qualified adult has a weekly income).

These Regulations provide for increases to the reduced personal rates of Illness Benefit, Jobseeker’s Benefit, Health and Safety Benefit, State Pension (Contributory), Widow’s (Contributory) Pension, Widower’s (Contributory) Pension, and Surviving Civil Partner’s (Contributory) Pension. The reduced rates applicable for qualified adults in such cases are also increased.

The Regulations also provide for changes to the rates of tapered increases for qualified adults (whose income is between €100.01 and €310.00), of recipients of Illness Benefit, Jobseeker’s Benefit, Injury Benefit, Jobseeker’s Allowance, Pre-Retirement Allowance, Disability Allowance, Farm Assist and Invalidity Pension.

Finally, the Regulations provide for changes to the tapered increases for qualified adults (whose income is between €100.01 and €310.00), of recipients who are on reduced rates of State Pension (Contributory), Illness Benefit and Jobseeker’s Benefit.

These changes will take effect from 20 March 2019 to 5 April 2019 to coincide with the increases to the maximum rates for the schemes in question provided for in the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Act 2018 .