Social Welfare Act, 1982

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SCHEDULE A

“Second Schedule

Rates of Benefits

PART I

Rates of Periodical Benefits and Increases Thereof

[1952, Sch. 3]	Description of benefit	Weekly rate	Increase for adult dependent (where payable)	Increase for first qualified child (where payable)	Increase for second qualified child (where payable)	Increase for each of third, fourth and fifth qualified children (where payable)	Increase for each of qualified child in excess of five (where payable)	Increase for prescribed relative under section 50(11), 51(2), 81(3), 86(3), 91(3), 95(2), or 103(2) (Where payable)	Increase Where the person has attained pensionable age and is living alone (Where payable)
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(4a)	(5)	(5a)	(6)	(7)
		£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Sections 20, 21, 31 and 32.	1. (A) Disability Benefit and Unemployment Benefit:
	(a) in the case of person over the age of 18 years—
	(i) for a man, single woman or widow, married woman living apart from and unable to obtain any financial assistance from her husbane or a married woman entitled to an increase for a qualified child or qualified children or for a husband	31.65	20.50	7.50	8.40	6.95	5.55	—	—
	(ii) for any other married woman	27.80	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	(b) in the case of persons under the age of 18 years—
	(i) Where the person is entitled to an increase for a qualified child or qualified children or for an adult dependant	31.65	20.50	7.50	8.40	6.95	5.55	—	—
	(ii) Where the person is not so entitled	27.80	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Section 33.
	(B) Reduced rates of Unemployment Benefit:
	(a) Person entitled to an increase in respect of a qualified child but not entitled to an increase in respect of an adult dependent	26.55	—	6.55	7.45	5.80	4.65	—	—
	(b) any other person	26.25	18.95	6.55	7.45	5.80	4.65	—	—	Section 26.
	2. Maternity Allowance	31.65	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Sections 42 and 44.
	3. Injury Benefit:
	(a) in the case of persons over the age of 18 years—
	(i) for a man, single woman or widow, married woman living apart from and unable to obtain any financial assistance from her husband, or a married woman entitled to an increase for a qualified child or qualified children or for a husband	43.55	20.50	7.50	8.40	6.95	5.55	—	—
	(ii) for any other married woman	34.45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	(b) in the case of persons under the age of 18 years—
	(i) where the person is entitled to an increase for a qualified child or qualified children or for an adult dependant	43.55	20.50	7.50	8.40	6.95	5.55	—	—
	(ii) where the person is not so entitled	34.45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sections 50, 51 and 52.	4. Death Benefit:
	(a) Pension payable to a widow (section 50 (2)) or widower (section 50 (6))
	(i) aged under 66	45.95	—	9.75	10.65	10.65	9.25	—	—
	(ii) aged over 66	46.90	—	9.95	10.80	10.80	9.40	19.30	2.70
	(b) pension payable to a parent, the deceased having been at death a married person where the parent is—
	(i) aged under 66	20.50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	(ii) aged over 66	20.90	—	—	—	—	—	19.30	2.70
	(c) pension payable to a parent, the deceased having been at death a widower, a widow or a single person—
	(i) where the parent is the father and was, at the death of the deceased, incapable of self-support by reason of some physical or mental infirmity and likely to remain permanently so incapable and is—
	(a) aged under 66	45.95	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	(b) aged over 66	46.90	—	—	—	—	—	19.30	2.70
	(ii) where the parent is the mother, having been, at the death of the deceased, a widow or having thereafter become a widow and is—
	(a) aged under 66	45.95	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	(b) aged over 66	46.90	—	—	—	—	—	19.30	2.70
	(iii) where the parent is the mother, not being a widow, and a pension at the rate set out at (i) above is not payable to her husband and she is—
	(a) aged under 66	45.95	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	(b) aged over 66	46.90	—	—	—	—	—	19.30	2.70
	(iv) in any other case where the parent is:—
	(a) aged under 66	20.50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	(b) aged over 66	20.90	—	—	—	—	—	19.30	2.70
	(d) Pension payable to an orphan	24.20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	5. Old Age (Contributory) Pension and Retirement Pension:									Sections 80, 81, 85 and 86.
	(a) in the case of person under the age of 80 years	40.25	25.70	8.30	9.20	7.65	6.25	19.30	2.70
	(b) in any other case	43.05	25.70	8.30	9.20	7.65	6.25	19.30	2.70
	(c) additional increase for an adult dependant who has attained pensionable age	—	4.35	—	—	—	—	—	—
	6. Invalidity Pension:									Sections 90 and 91.
	(a) for a man, single woman or widow, married woman living apart from and unable to obtain any financial assistance from her husband, or a married woman entitled to an increase for a qualified child or qualified children or for a husband, where the person is:—
	(i) aged under 66	35.50	23.05	8.15	9.00	7.45	6.05	19.30	—
	(ii) aged over 66	36.20	23.50	8.30	9.20	7.65	6.25	19.30	2.70
	(b) for any other married women
	(i) aged under 66	31.25	—	—	—	—	—	19.30	—
	(ii) aged over 66	31.80	—	—	—	—	—	19.30	2.70
	7. Widow's (Contributory) Pension and Deserted Wife's Benefit in the case of person:									Sections 94, 95, 102 and 103.
	(a) aged under 66	36.25	—	9.75	10.65	10.65	9.25	—	—
	(b) aged between 66 and 80	36.95	—	9.95	10.80	10.80	9.40	19.30	2.70
	(c) aged over 80	39.45	—	9.95	10.80	10.80	9.40	19.30	2.70
	8. Orphan's (Contributory) Allowance	22.90	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Section 98.

PART II

Occupational Injuries Benefits—Gratuities and Grant

		£
Section 43 (7) (a)	1. Disablement Benefit:
	Maximum gratuity in the case of person :—
	(i) aged under 66	3,285
	(ii) aged over 66	3,355
	2. Death Benefit:
Section 50 (7)	(i) Widower's gratuity in the case of person :—
	(a) aged under 66	2,395
	(b) aged over 66	2,445
Section 53 (2)	(ii) Grant in respect of funeral expenses	220

PART III

Disablement Pension

Section 43 (8).	Degree of disablement	Weekly rate (persons over the age of 18 years)		Weekly rate (persons under the age of 18 years and certain married women)
	(1)	(2)		(3)
		Persons under the age of 66 years	Persons over the age of 66 years	Persons under the age of 18 years and certain married women under the age of 66 years	Certain married women over the age of 66 years
		£	£	£	£
	100 per cent	47.40	48.40	37.50	38.30
	90	42.66	43.56	33.75	34.47
	80	37.92	38.72	30.00	30.64
	70	33.18	33.88	26.25	26.81
	60	28.44	29.04	22.50	22.98
	50	23.70	24.20	18.75	19.15
	40	18.96	19.36	15.00	15.32
	30	14.22	14.52	11.25	11.49
	20	9.48	9.68	7.50	7.66

PART IV

Increases of Disablement Pension

Sections 45 and 46.

	£
1. Increase where the person is permanently incapable of work:
(a) in the case of persons over the age of 18 years—
(i) for a man, single woman or widow, married woman living apart from and unable to obtain any financial assistance from her husband, or a married woman entitled to an increase for a qualified child or qualified children or for a husband, where the person is—
(a) aged under 66	31.65
(b) aged over 66	32.25
(ii) for any other married women—
(a) aged under 66	27.80
(b) aged over 66	28.40
(b) in the case of person under the age of 18 years—
(i) where the person is entitled to an increase for a qualified child or qualified children or for an adult dependant	31.65
(ii) where the person is not so entitled	27.80
2. Increase where the beneficiary requires constant attendance:
(a) limit of increase except in cases of exceptionally severe disablement where the person is—
(i) aged under 66	18.95
(ii) aged over 66	19.30
(b) limit in any case where the person is—
(i) aged under 66	37.90
(ii) aged over 66	38.65

PART V

Reduced Rates of Injury Benefit and Disablement Pension

Section 56.

	£
(a) In the case of persons over the age of 18 years—
(i) for a man, single women or widow, married women living apart from and unable to obtain any financial assistance from her husband, or a married woman entitled to an increase for a qualified child or qualified children or for a husband where the person is—
(a) aged under 66	9.48
(b) aged over 66	9.68
(ii) for any other married women—
(a) aged under 66	7.50
(b) aged over 66	7.66
(b) In the case of persons under the age of 18 years—
(i) where the person is entitled to an increase for a qualified child or for an adult dependant or, if a disablement pension is payable would be so entitled if injury benefit rather than disablement pension was payable	9.48
(ii) where the person, is not, or would not be, so entitled	7.50

PART VI

[1978, s. 14(3); 1980, s. 15]

Amounts of Maternity and Death Grants

Description of grant	Amount
(1)	(2)
	£
1. Maternity Grant	8	Sections 106 and 109.
2. Death Grant:
(a) in case the deceased person was a qualified child under the age of 5 years	20
(b) in case the deceased person was any other qualified child	60
(c) in any other case	100

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Social Welfare Act, 1982 Permanent Page URL

Social Welfare Act, 1982

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