S.I. No. 75/2008 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (Carers Income Disregard) Regulations 2008
SOCIAL WELFARE (CONSOLIDATED CLAIMS, PAYMENTS AND CONTROL) (AMENDMENT) (CARER’S INCOME DISREGARD) REGULATIONS 2008 | ||
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 18th March, 2008. | ||
The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 4 (as amended by section 17 and Schedule 3 of the Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Act 2006 (No. 5 of 2006)) and 100 (as amended by section 12 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 (No. 8 of 2007)) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26 of 2005) and Rules 1(5) and 4(3) of Part 5 (as inserted by section 25 and Schedule 5 of the Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Act 2006 ) of Schedule 3 to the said Act, hereby makes the following Regulations: | ||
Citation and construction. | ||
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (Carer’s Income Disregard) Regulations 2008. | ||
(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 142 of 2007 ) shall be construed together as one and may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2008. | ||
Commencement. | ||
2. These Regulations come into operation on 3 April 2008. | ||
Definitions. | ||
3. In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations” means the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 142 of 2007 ). | ||
Income disregards — carer’s benefit and carer’s allowance. | ||
4. The Principal Regulations are amended— | ||
(a) in article 57 (amended by article 4 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (Carer’s Income Disregard and Family Income Supplement) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 148 of 2007 )) by substituting “€332.50” for “€320” in each place where it occurs, and | ||
(b) in article 144 (amended by article 4 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (Carer’s Income Disregard and Family Income Supplement) Regulations 2007) by substituting— | ||
(i) “ €332.50” for “€320”, and | ||
(ii) “€665” for “€640”. | ||
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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, | ||
3 March 2008 | ||
MARTIN CULLEN. | ||
Minister for Social and Family Affairs | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This Note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) | ||
Social Welfare legislation currently provides that a person in receipt of Carers Benefit may engage in employment or self employment outside the home, subject to a maximum of fifteen hours per week and an income ceiling of €320. Article 4(a) of these regulations increases the income ceiling to €332.50 per week, effective from 3 April, 2008. | ||
Article 4(b) of these regulations further provides for an increase in the income disregarded for the purposes of Carers Allowance. In the case of a single person, the increase is €12.50 per week, bringing the total amount of the disregard to €332.50. In the case of a married person, the disregard is increased by €25 per week, to a new total of €665. These changes take effect from 3 April 2008. |
