Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981

Weekly amounts of supplementary welfare allowance for persons of no means.

[1975 SWA, s. 10; 1980, s. 14]

208.—(1) In the case of a person who has no means as determined by this Chapter and subject to any payment pursuant to section 209 , the weekly amount of supplementary welfare allowance payable shall be as set out in column (2) of Part I of the Fourth Schedule , increased by—

(a) the amount set out in column (3) of that Part for any period during which the recipient has an adult dependant, and

(b) the amount set out in column (4) of that Part in respect of a child dependant or each of two such children and, in addition, where there are more than two such children, the amount set out in column (5) of that Part in respect of each such child in excess of two.

(2) For the purposes of this section, the definition of adult dependant in section 2 (1) and columns (4) and (5) of Part I of the Fourth Schedule shall be construed as if “child dependant” and “child dependants”, respectively, were substituted for “qualified child” and “qualified children”.