S.I. No. 278/1990 - Social Welfare (Temporary Provisions) Regulations, 1990.

S.I. No. 278 of 1990.

SOCIAL WELFARE (TEMPORARY PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS, 1990.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 (No. 1 of 1981) and by section 308 of that Act (as amended by section 9 of the Social Welfare Act, 1982 (No. 2 of 1982)), hereby makes the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Temporary Provisions) Regulations, 1990.

2. In these Regulations "the Principal Act" means the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 .

3. (1) Where a person is or becomes entitled to any pension, benefit, allowance or assistance mentioned in this article, any amount payable to him by way of that pension, benefit, allowance or assistance (including any increase thereof) shall be increased by a sum equal to 70 per cent of that amount in respect of the week commencing on—

( a ) the 28th day of November, 1990 in the case of unemployment assistance payable at the long-term rate, or

( b ) the 6th day of December, 1990 in the case of retirement pension, invalidity pension, deserted wife's benefit, pre-retirement allowance, deserted wife's allowance, prisoner's wife's allowance, single woman's allowance, lone parent's allowance (other than a lone parent's allowance payable in respect of a widow) or carer's allowance, or

( c ) the 7th day of December, 1990 in the case of disablement pension, death benefit by way of pension, old age (contributory) pension, survivor's benefit under section 87 of the Principal Act, widow's (contributory) pension, orphan's (contributory) allowance, old age pension, blind pension, widow's (non-contributory) pension, orphan's (non-contributory) pension or lone parent's allowance payable in respect of a widow.

(2) In this article "unemployment assistance payable at the long-term rate" means unemployment assistance payable at the rate set out at reference 1 (a) in Part I of the Fourth Schedule to the Principal Act (reduced, where appropriate, by means) to an applicant who, in any one continuous period of unemployment as construed in accordance with section 135 (2) of the Principal Act, has been in receipt of unemployment benefit or unemployment assistance for not less than 390 days.

4. Where, by virtue of the provisions of these Regulations, the amount of pension, benefit, allowance or assistance (including any increase thereof) is increased, the amount so payable shall be rounded up to the nearest 10p where it is a multiple of 5p but not also a multiple of 10p and shall be rounded to the nearest 10p where it is a multiple of 5p.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare,

this 26th day of November, 1990.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for Social Welfare.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance,

this 26th day of November 1990.

ALBERT REYNOLDS,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations provide for an increase of 70 per cent in the weekly payment for long-term social welfare recipients, including any increases for dependents, in the appropriate week in December, 1990.

This increase applies to recipients of disablement pension, death benefit by way of pension, old age (contributory) pension, retirement pension, survivor's benefit, invalidity pension, widow's (contributory) pension, orphan's (contributory allowance, deserted wife's benefit, pre-retirement allowance, old age (non-contributory) pension, blind pension, widow's (non-contributory) pension, orphan's (non-contributory) pension, deserted wife's allowance, prisoner's wife's allowance, single woman's allowance and unemployment assistance at the long-term rate.

It also applies to recipients of the new carer's allowance and lone parent's allowance, which have been introduced in November this year.