Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 6) (Increase in Rates) Regulations, 2005

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 880/2005

S.I. No. 880 of 2005
SOCIAL WELFARE (CONSOLIDATED PAYMENTS PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) (No. 6) (INCREASE IN RATES) REGULATIONS 2005
The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2, 3, 4, 41, 49, 53, 60, 64, 109, 115, 125, 178A (inserted by section 10 of the Social Welfare Act 2005 (No. of 2005)), 229 and 297 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 Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No.6) (Increase in Rates) Regulations 2005.
(2) These regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions Regulations, 1994 to 2005 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations 1994 to 2005.
	Commencement.	2. These regulations come into operation -
(a) in so far as they relate to unemployment assistance, pre-retirement allowance and farm assist, on 28 December 2005,
(b) in so far as they relate to unemployment benefit, on 29 December 2005,
(c) in so far as they relate to disability benefit, maternity benefit, adoptive benefit health and safety benefit and injury benefit, on 2 January 2006,
(d) in so far as they relate to disability allowance, on 4 January 2006,
(e) in so far as they relate to retirement pension, invalidity pension, family income supplement and a payment referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of “relevant payment” in section 178 of the Principal Act, on 5 January 2006, and
(f) in so far as they relate to old age (contributory) pension, widow's and widower's (contributory) pension and unemployability supplement, on 6 January 2006.
	Definitions.	3. In these regulations -
“the Principal Regulations” means the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 417 of 1994 );
“the Regulations of 2004” means the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No.5) (Increase in Rates) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 850 of 2004).
	Interpretation.	4. In these regulations, save where the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Schedule is to a Schedule to these Regulations.
	Maternity and adoptive benefit.	5. The Principal Regulations are amended by the substitution in article 22(2) (as amended by article 5 of the Regulations of 2004) for “€165.60” of “€182.60”.
	Reduced rates of benefit.	6. The Principal Regulations are amended by -
(a) the substitution for Schedule B (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 2004) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 1,
(b) the substitution for Schedule BA (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 2004) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 2,
(c) the substitution for Schedule C (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 2004) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 3,
(d) the substitution for Schedule D (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 2004) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 7,
(e) the substitution for Schedule E (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 2004) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 8,
(f) the substitution for Schedule G (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 2004) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 9,
(g) the substitution for Schedule H (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 2004) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 10,
(h) the substitution for Schedule I (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 2004) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 11,
(i) the substitution for Schedule J (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 2004) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 12,
(j) the substitution for Schedule K (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 2004) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 13,
(k) the substitution for Schedule L (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 2004) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 14,
(l) the substitution for Schedule M (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 2004) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 15, and
(m) the substitution for Schedule MA (as substituted by article 6 of the Regulations of 2004) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 16.
	Increase for qualified adult	7. The Principal Regulations are amended by -
(a) the substitution in sub-article (3) (inserted by article 7 of the Regulations of 2004) of article 38 of “€116.30” for “€110.90” and of “€107.70” for “103.10”,
(b) the substitution in sub-article (3) (inserted by article 7 of the Regulations of 2004) of article 41 of “€116.30” for “€110.90” and of “€107.70” for “€103.10”,
(c) the substitution for Schedule CA (inserted by article 7 of the Regulations of 2004) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 4,
(d) the substitution for Schedule CB (inserted by article 7 of the Regulations of 2004) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 5,
(e) the substitution for Schedule CC (inserted by article 7 of the Regulations of 2004) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 6,
(f) the substitution for Schedule P (as substituted by article 7 of the Regulations of 2004) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 17,
(g) the substitution for Schedule PA (inserted by article 7 of the Regulations of 2004) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 18,
(h) the substitution for Schedule PB (inserted by article 7 of the Regulations of 2004) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 19,
(i) the substitution for Schedule PC (inserted by article 7 of the Regulations of 2004) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 20,
(j) the substitution for Schedule PD (inserted by article 7 of the Regulations of 2004) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 21, and
(k) the substitution for Schedule Q (as substituted by article 7 of the Regulations of 2004) thereto of the Schedule set out in Schedule 22.
SCHEDULE 1
“SCHEDULE B
Articles 18, 25B and 30
Reduced rates of Disability, Unemployment and Health and Safety benefits
Amount of reckonable weekly earnings Weekly Rate Increase for Qualified Adult (where payable) (1) (2) (3) € € € 31.80 to 44.43 74.50 71.30 44.44 to 63.48 107.10 71.30 63.49 to 88.87 129.90 71.30 ”.
SCHEDULE 2
“SCHEDULE BA
Articles 18, 25B and 30
Reduced rates of Disability, Unemployment and Health and Safety Benefits
Amount of reckonable weekly earnings Weekly Rate Increase for Qualified Adult (where payable) (1) (2) (3) € € € 31.80 to 79.99 74.50 71.30 80.00 to 124.99 107.10 71.30 125.00 to 149.99 129.90 71.30 ”.
SCHEDULE 3
“SCHEDULE C
Article 38
Reduced rates of Old Age (Contributory) Pension where contribution conditions are partially satisfied and increases for qualified adult
Yearly Average Weekly Rate Increase for qualified adult (under 66) Increase for qualified adult (over 66) (1) (2) (3) (4) € € € 20 to 47 189.50 128.80 149.30 15 to 19 145.00 96.60 112.00 10 to 14 96.70 64.40 74.70 ”.
SCHEDULE 4
“SCHEDULE CA
Articles 38 & 41
Rates of tapered qualified adult allowance payable with reduced rates of Old Age (Contributory Pension/Retirement Pension where the qualified adult has attained pensionable age
Spouse's earnings: Yearly Average 20-47 Yearly Average 15-19 Yearly Average 10-14 Yearly Average 5-9 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) € € € € Less than or equal to €88.88 149.30 112.00 74.70 37.30 Exceed €88.88 but do not exceed €95.23 143.10 107.40 71.60 35.70 Exceed €95.23 but do not exceed €101.58 136.90 102.70 68.50 34.20 Exceed €101.58 but do not exceed €107.93 130.70 98.10 65.40 32.60 Exceed €107.93 but do not exceed €114.28 124.50 93.40 62.30 31.10 Exceed €114.28 but do not exceed €120.63 118.30 88.80 59.20 29.50 Exceed €120.63 but do not exceed €126.97 112.10 84.10 56.10 28.00 Exceed €126.97 but do not exceed €133.32 105.90 79.50 53.00 26.40 Exceed €133.32 but do not exceed €139.67 99.70 74.80 49.90 24.90 Exceed €139.67 but do not exceed €146.02 93.50 70.20 46.80 23.30 Exceed €146.02 but do not exceed €152.37 87.30 65.50 43.70 21.80 Exceed €152.37 but do not exceed €158.72 81.10 60.90 40.60 20.20 Exceed €158.72 but do not exceed €165.07 74.90 56.20 37.50 18.70 Exceed €165.07 but do not exceed €171.41 68.70 51.60 34.40 17.10 Exceed €171.41 but do not exceed €177.76 62.50 46.90 31.30 15.60 Exceed €177.76 but do not exceed €184.11 56.30 42.30 28.20 14.00 Exceed €184.11 but do not exceed €190.46 50.10 37.60 25.10 12.50 Exceed €190.46 but do not exceed €196.81 43.90 33.00 22.00 10.90 Exceed €196.81 but do not exceed €203.16 37.70 28.30 18.90 9.40 Exceed €203.16 but do not exceed €210.00 31.10 23.30 15.60 7.70 Exceed €210.00 but do not exceed €220.00 21.30 16.00 10.80 5.30 Exceed €220.00 but do not exceed €230.00 11.50 8.70 6.00 2.90 Exceed €230.00 but do not exceed €240.00 1.70 1.30 0.90 0.50 Exceed €240 nil nil nil nil ”.
SCHEDULE 5
“SCHEDULE CB
Articles 38 & 41
Rates of tapered...