S.I. No. 54/2009 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Early Childcare Supplement) Regulations 2009

S.I. No. 54 of 2009

SOCIAL WELFARE (CONSOLIDATED CLAIMS, PAYMENTS AND CONTROL) (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) (EARLY CHILDCARE SUPPLEMENT) REGULATIONS 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 13th February, 2009.

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on her 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)), 223B (as amended by section 21 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 (No. 22 of 2008)) and 242 (as amended by section 29 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 (No. 8 of 2007)) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26 of 2005), 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) (No. 2) (Early Childcare Supplement) Regulations 2009.

(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 together as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2009.

Commencement.

2. These Regulations come into operation on 9 February 2009.

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 ).

Early childcare supplement — Commencement of awards.

4. The Principal Regulations are amended by substituting the following article for article 194:

“194. Early childcare supplement shall commence to accrue in the case of a claim made by a person who becomes a qualified person by and on the death of another person who has been entitled to early childcare supplement at the date of death, on the 1st day of the month in which the claim is made.”

Early childcare supplement — time of payment.

5. The Principal Regulations are amended in article 196(1) by substituting for paragraph (f) the following:

“(f) in the case of early childcare supplement, in respect of each month specified in column (1) of the table to this sub-article on the day specified in column (2) of that table.

TABLE

Month(1)	Day(2)
January	2 nd Monday in February
February	2 nd Monday in March
March	2 nd Monday in April
April	2 nd Monday in May
May	2 nd Monday in June
June	2 nd Monday in July
July	2 nd Monday in August
August	2 nd Monday in September
September	2 nd Monday in October
October	2 nd Monday in November
November	2 nd Monday in December
December	2 nd Monday in January

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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs,

4 February 2009

MARY HANAFIN.

Minister for Social and Family Affairs.

The Minister for Health and Children hereby consents to the making of the foregoing regulations.

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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health and Children,

4 February 2009

MARY HARNEY.

Minister for Health and Children.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing regulations.

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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance,

4 February 2009

BRIAN LENIHAN.

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations set out the dates on which Early Childcare Supplement will be payable for 2009 and subsequent years.