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Specified weekly payments
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53. The Principal Act is amended, by the insertion of the following Schedule after Schedule 5:
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“SCHEDULE 5A
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Section 108(2)
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SPECIFIED WEEKLY PAYMENTS
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1. Each of the following payments shall be a specified weekly payment for the purposes of this Schedule and Chapter 15 of Part 2:
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(a) jobseeker’s benefit;
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(b) jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed);
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(c) illness benefit;
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(d) State pension (non-contributory);
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(e) occupational injuries benefit comprising injury benefit, disablement benefit and death benefit;
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(f) carer’s benefit;
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(g) carer’s allowance;
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(h) weekly supplementary welfare allowance known as basic supplementary welfare allowance;
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(i) a payment made under a scheme provided for under the European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 230 of 2018) administered by the Minister and known as the ‘daily expenses allowance’;
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(j) widow’s (contributory) pension, widower’s (contributory) pension and surviving civil partner’s (contributory) pension;
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(k) a payment to a person who is or becomes a person in respect of whom an increase for a qualified adult is being paid.
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2. The Minister may by regulations amend paragraph 1 by adding a specified weekly payment to, deleting a specified weekly payment from, or amending a reference to a specified weekly payment in, that paragraph.”.
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