Social Welfare Act, 1991

SCHEDULE B

Fourth Schedule Rates of Assistance

Section 4 .

PART I

Rates of Periodical Social Assistance and Increases Thereof

Description of assistance, pension or allowance

Weekly rate or amount

Increase for adult dependant (where payable)

Increase for each of first and second qualified children (where payable)

Increase for each qualified child in excess of two (where payable)

Increase for prescribed relative under section 162(1)(a), 179(a), 195(2) or 196(2) (where payable)

Increase where the person has attained pensionable age and is living alone (where payable)

Increase where the person has attained the age of 80 years (where payable)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

£

£

£

£

£

£

£

1. Unemployment Assistance:

(a) in the case of persons who in any continuous period of unemployment as construed in accordance with section 135 (2), have been in receipt of unemployment benefit or unemployment assistance for not less than 390 days

55.00

33.00

12.00

12.00

(b) in the case of persons other than those at (a)

50.00

33.00

12.00

12.00

2. Pre-Retirement Allowance

55.00

33.00

12.00

12.00

3. Old Age Pension and Blind Pension

55.00

12.00

12.00

30.60

4.30

4.20

4. Widow's (Non-Contributory) Pension, Deserted Wife's Allowance and Prisoner's Wife's Allowance .

55.00

30.60

4.30

4.20

5. Lone Parent's Allowance

55.00

14.00

14.00

30.60

4.30

4.20

6. Carer's Allowance

50.00

12.00

12.00

7. Orphan's (Non-Contributory) Pension

31.20

8. Single Woman's Allowance

55.00

9. Supplementary Welfare Allowance

50.00

33.00

12.00

12.00

PART III

Increase of Old Age Pension for a Spouse

Means of claimant or pensioner

Weekly rate of increase

£

Where the weekly means of the claimant or pensioner do not exceed £6

28.00

exceed £6 but do not exceed £8

27.00

exceed £8 but do not exceed £10

26.00

exceed £10 but do not exceed £12

25.00

exceed £12 but do not exceed £14

24.00

exceed £14 but do not exceed £16

23.00

exceed £16 but do not exceed £18

22.00

exceed £18 but do not exceed £20

21.00

exceed £20 but do not exceed £22

20.00

exceed £22 but do not exceed £24

19.00

exceed £24 but do not exceed £26

18.00

exceed £26 but do not exceed £28

17.00

exceed £28 but do not exceed £30

16.00

exceed £30 but do not exceed £32

15.00

exceed £32 but do not exceed £34

14.00

exceed £34 but do not exceed £36

13.00

exceed £36 but do not exceed £38

12.00

exceed £38 but do not exceed £40

11.00

exceed £40 but do not exceed £42

10.00

exceed £42 but do not exceed £44

  9.00

exceed £44 but do not exceed £46

  8.00

exceed £46 but do not exceed £48

  7.00

exceed £48 but do not exceed £50

  6.00

exceed £50 but do not exceed £52

  5.00

exceed £52 but do not exceed £54

  4.00

exceed £54 but do not exceed £56

  3.00

exceed £56 but do not exceed £58

  2.00

exceed £58

nil

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