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Social Welfare Act, 1970

Increase of rates of unemployment assistance.

25.—(1) In the Act of 1933, for the Schedule thereto (inserted by the Act of 1969) there is hereby substituted the Schedule annexed to this subsection.

SCHEDULE

Rates of Unemployment Assistance

Classes of persons to whom the rates of unemployment assistance set out in this Schedule are applicable

Weekly rate of unemployment assistance applicable to persons resident in any urban area

Weekly rate of unemployment assistance applicable to persons resident in any other place

£

s.

£

s.

Person without a dependant

3

12

3

6

Person with an adult dependant

6

8

6

0

Person with an adult dependant and one child dependant

7

3

6

15

Person with an adult dependant and two or more child dependants

7

18

7

10

plus, where there are more than two child dependants, 10 shillings for each child dependant in excess of two.

plus, where there are more than two child dependants, 10 shillings for each child dependant in excess of two.

Person with one child dependant

4

10

4

4

Person with two or more child dependants

5

5

4

19

plus, where there are more than two child dependants, 10 shillings for each child dependant in excess of two.

plus, where there are more than two child dependants, 10 shillings for each child dependant in excess of two.

(2) Subsection (Α) (inserted by the Act of 1952) of section 4 of the Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1935 , is hereby amended by the substitution in the definition of “child dependant” of “eighteen” for “sixteen”.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall come into operation on the 29th day of July, 1970.