Social Welfare And Pensions (No. 2) Act 2009
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Jobseeker’s allowance — amendments. |
6.— The Principal Act is amended: | |
(a) in section 142(1) (as amended by section 6(b) of the Act of 2009) by inserting “142B,” after “142A,”, | ||
(b) in section 142A (inserted by section 6(c) of the Act of 2009)— | ||
(i) in subsection (1)(a), by substituting “22” for “20”, | ||
(ii) by substituting the following paragraph for subsection (4)(a): | ||
“(a) the period of interruption of employment commenced on or before 30 December 2009 and where, in the period prior to that date, the claimant was not a person to whom this section applied,”, | ||
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(iii) in subsection (4)(d), by substituting “22” for “20”, | ||
and | ||
(c) by inserting the following section after section 142A: | ||
“Rates of assistance — ages 22 to 24 years. | ||
142B.— (1) Notwithstanding section 142(1), in the case of a person who— | ||
(a) has attained the age of 22 years and has not attained the age of 25 years, | ||
(b) is not a person referred to in section 142(1)(a)(ii) (as amended by section 20 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 ), and | ||
(c) is not entitled to an increase in respect of a qualified child, | ||
the scheduled rate of jobseeker’s allowance shall be the weekly rate set out in column (2) at reference 1(d) in Part 1 of Schedule 4, (inserted by section 4 of the Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Act 2009) increased by the amount set out in column (3) of that Part opposite that reference for any period during which the claimant or beneficiary has a qualified adult, subject to the restriction that the claimant or beneficiary shall not be entitled for the same period to an increase of allowance under this subsection in respect of more than one person. | ||
(2) (a) In the case of a person referred to in subsection (1), and subject to paragraph (b), jobseeker’s allowance shall be payable where the weekly means of the claimant or beneficiary— | ||
(i) are less than €1, at the scheduled rate, | ||
(ii) are equal to €1, at the scheduled rate reduced by €1, and | ||
(iii) exceed €1, at the scheduled rate, reduced by €1 for each amount (if any) of €1 by which those weekly means exceed €1. | ||
(b) Where the weekly means of the claimant or beneficiary are equal to or exceed the scheduled rate, no jobseeker’s allowance shall be payable. | ||
(3) This section shall not apply in the case of a claim for jobseeker’s allowance where— | ||
(a) the period of interruption of employment commenced on or before 30 December 2009 and where, in the period prior to that date, the claimant was not a person to whom section 142A applied, | ||
(b) a claimant has exhausted, immediately prior to applying for an allowance under this section, his or her entitlement to benefit payable pursuant to section 67, | ||
(c) a claimant was in receipt of disability allowance immediately before he or she makes the claim under this section, or | ||
(d) a claimant is participating in the work placement programme. | ||
(4) In subsection (3), ‘ work placement programme ’ means the programme commonly known by that name and administered by An Foras Áiseanna Saothair.”. |