Social Welfare Act 2010

Child benefit (new rates).

5.— (1) Section 221 of the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following subsection for subsection (1) (amended by section 17 of the Act of 2006):

“(1) Subject to this Act, a qualified person shall be paid a monthly benefit of the amount set out in column (2) of Part 4 of Schedule 4 for a qualified child referred to in column (1) of that Part of that Schedule opposite that amount.”.

(2) Schedule 4 to the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following Part for Part 4 (inserted by section 7 of the Act of 2009):

“PART 4

Amounts of Child Benefit

Child in respect of whom child benefit is payable

Monthly rate of child benefit payable per child

(1)

(2)

1. Each of the first 2 qualified children

140.00

2. Third qualified child

167.00

3. Each qualified child in excess of 3 qualified children

177.00

”.

(3) This section comes into operation on 1 January 2011.