Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2015
Family income supplement (new weekly rates) | ||
8. (1) The Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 228 (amended by section 5 of the Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Act 2009 ): | ||
“228. Subject to this Act, an allowance (in this Act referred to as ‘family income supplement’) shall be payable out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas in respect of a family where the weekly family income is less than— | ||
(a) in the case of a family which includes only 1 child, €511, | ||
(b) in the case of a family which includes 2 children, €612, | ||
(c) in the case of a family which includes 3 children, €713, | ||
(d) in the case of a family which includes 4 children, €834, | ||
(e) in the case of a family which includes 5 children, €960, | ||
(f) in the case of a family which includes 6 children, €1,076, | ||
(g) in the case of a family which includes 7 children, €1,212, or | ||
(h) in the case of a family which includes 8 or more children, €1,308.”. | ||
(2) This section comes into operation on 7 January 2016. |