department of social and family affairs annual report 2006 - Welfare.ie

S.I. 169 of 2006
SOCIAL WELFARE LAW REFORM AND PENSIONS
ACT 2006 (SECTION 39 (in so far as it inserts
section 3B into the Pensions Act 1990) )
(COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 2006
This Order provides for the commencement of
section 39 of the Social Welfare Law Reform and
Pensions Act 2006, in so far as it inserts section
3B into the Pensions Act 1990, with effect from 12
April 2006.
The new section 3B relates to the proceedings
which the Pensions Board may bring for a
summary offence under the Pensions Act and
provides that certain documentary evidence
submitted in a prosecution is now admissible
without the need for the officer of the Pensions
Board to attend the Court proceedings.
S.I. No. 199 of 2006
SOCIAL WELFARE (CONSOLIDATED PAYMENTS
PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) (No. 3) (ISLAND
ALLOWANCE) REGULATIONS 2006
These Regulations provide for the addition of
Fenit Island in Co. Kerry and Islandmore in Co.
Mayo to the list of prescribed islands for the
purposes of the Island Allowance payable to
certain social welfare recipients who are normally
resident on those islands.
S.I. No. 200 of 2006
SOCIAL WELFARE (CONSOLIDATED PAYMENTS
PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) (No. 4) (ASSESSMENT
OF MAINTENANCE) REGULATIONS 2006
These Regulations provide for an increase in the
income disregard for those receiving maintenance
from a liable relative. For the purpose of deciding
entitlement to a rent or mortgage interest
supplement, the first €95.23 per week of
maintenance is assessed in full, any maintenance
between €95.23 per week and €155.23 per week
is disregarded, with half of any maintenance from
€155.23 per week up to a maximum of €185.23 per
week also disregarded.
S.I. No. 201 of 2006
SOCIAL WELFARE (CONSOLIDATED PAYMENTS
PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) (No. 5) (TREATMENT
BENEFIT) REGULATIONS 2006
These Regulations provide for the introduction
of an alternative contribution condition for
entitlement to Treatment Benefit. A person over
21 will now be able to avail of Treatment Benefit
where he or she has 26 qualifying contributions
in each of the second and third last contribution
years.
S.I. No. 202 of 2006
SOCIAL WELFARE (CONSOLIDATED PAYMENTS
PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT)(NO. 7) (MATERNITY
AND ADOPTIVE BENEFIT) REGULATIONS 2006
These Regulations provide for a number of
amendments to the regulations governing
Maternity Benefit and extend the period of
payment of Maternity Benefit by 4 weeks,
consequential on the extension of paid Maternity
Leave, as announced in Budget 2006.
The Adoptive Leave Act 2005 amended the
provisions governing Adoptive Leave by providing
that the continuous period of Adoptive Leave may
be postponed where the child is hospitalised.
These Regulations allow for Adoptive Benefit to
be postponed in the event of the hospitalisation
of the child subject to:
• an application to postpone payment being
made in writing, and
• payment resuming within seven days following
written notification of the discharge of the child
from hospital.
• Payment will then continue until completion of
the period of entitlement to benefit.
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