Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2005
Respite care grant — improvements to entitlement conditions. |
7.—(1) The Principal Act is amended— | |||||||
(a) by inserting the following after Part IV: | ||||||||
“PART IVA | ||||||||
RESPITE CARE GRANT | ||||||||
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(b) by repealing sections 82F and 168A, | ||||||||
(c) by substituting “IV, IVA,” for “IV,” in each place where it occurs in the following provisions— | ||||||||
(i) subsections (1) and (8) of section 212 (as amended by section 23 of the Act of 1998), | ||||||||
(ii) paragraph (b) of section 265 (as amended by section 7 of the Act of 1996), | ||||||||
(iii) subsection (1) of section 277 (as amended by section 7 of the Act of 1996), and | ||||||||
(iv) Reference 1 in Table 2 to the Third Schedule (as amended by section 24 of this Act), | ||||||||
and | ||||||||
(d) in section 247(2), by inserting the following after paragraph (c): | ||||||||
“(ca) Part IVA (Respite Care Grant),”. | ||||||||
(2) The Principal Act is amended— | ||||||||
(a) by substituting the following for subsection (1) (as amended by section 4 of the Act of 2004) of section 82F: | ||||||||
“(1) Subject to subsection (2), a respite care grant in the amount of €1,000 shall be payable to a carer in respect of each relevant person in his or her care.”, | ||||||||
and | ||||||||
(b) by substituting the following for subsection (2) (as amended by section 4 of the Act of 2004) of section 168A: | ||||||||
“(2) Subject to subsection (3), a respite care grant in the amount of €1,000 shall be payable to a carer in respect of each relevant person in his or her care.”. |