Social Welfare Act, 1990

Exemption of certain payments from calculation of means.

34.— (1) Section 146 (1) (inserted by section 13 of the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1985 ) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion in paragraph (b) after subparagraph (vi) of the following subparagraph:

“(viA) in the case of a qualified applicant under a scheme administered by the Minister for the Gaeltacht and known as Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge, any income received under that scheme in respect of a person who is temporarily resident with the qualified applicant, together with any other income received in respect of such temporary resident, ”.

(2) Section 210 (2) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion in paragraph (a) after subparagraph (iA) (inserted by section 15 of the Act of 1989) of the following subparagraph:

“(iB) in the case of a qualified applicant under a scheme administered by the Minister for the Gaeltacht and known as Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge, any income received under that scheme in respect of a person who is temporarily resident with the qualified applicant, together with any other income received in respect of such temporary resident, ”.

(3) Rule 1 (4) of the Third Schedule to the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after subparagraph (c) of the following subparagraph:

“(cc) in the case of a qualified applicant under a scheme administered by the Minister for the Gaeltacht and known as Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge, any income received under that scheme in respect of a person who is temporarily resident with the qualified applicant, together with any other income received in respect of such temporary resident,”.