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Bereaved parent grant
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11. Part 2 of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following Chapter for Chapter 21:
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“CHAPTER 21
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Bereaved Parent Grant
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Entitlement to bereaved parent grant
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137. (1) Subject to this Act, a grant (in this section referred to as a ‘bereaved parent grant’) of €8,000, or any higher amount that may be prescribed, shall be paid to a bereaved partner on the death, on or after the passing of the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pension and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2025, of his or her spouse, civil partner or qualified cohabitant, as the case may be, where the bereaved partner is entitled to or in receipt of—
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(a) death benefit under section 81,
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(b) bereaved partner’s (contributory) pension under Chapter 18 of Part 2,
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(c) bereaved partner’s (contributory) pension under Chapter 18 of Part 2 by virtue of Regulation (EC) No. 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 20041
on the coordination of social security systems, or by virtue of a reciprocal arrangement under section 287,
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(d) one-parent family payment,
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(e) State pension (contributory), or
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(f) State pension (non-contributory),
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which includes an increase in respect of a qualified child.
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(2) In this Chapter—
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‘spouse’ has the meaning given to it in section 123;
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‘bereaved partner’ means a bereaved partner (within the meaning of Chapter 18)—
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(a) who has at least one qualified child who normally resides with him or her at the date of death of his or her spouse, civil partner (within the meaning of Chapter 18) or qualified cohabitant, as the case may be, or
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(b) whose child is born within 10 months of the date of death of her spouse, civil partner or qualified cohabitant, as the case may be.”.
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1 OJ No. L 166, 30.4.2004, p.1 |
