Social Welfare Act, 1993

Invalidity pension — conditions for receipt.

9.—Section 89 (as amended by section 9 of the No. 2 Act of 1987) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsections:

“(2) In this section ‘relevant date’ means—

(a) any date subsequent to the completion of one year of continuous incapacity for work, or

(b) such lesser period as may be prescribed, subject to such conditions and in such circumstances as may be prescribed,

where the insured person has entered into a continuous period of incapacity for work and he is subsequently proved to be permanently incapable of work.

(2A) Regulations for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section shall be subject to the sanction of the Minister for Finance.”.