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

One‐Parent Family Payment will no longer be
payable after age 66. A similar provision is
made in respect of those who have continued
entitlement to the Deserted Wife’s Allowance
and Prisoner’s Wife’s Allowance schemes, and
• A new schedule containing the Rules
governing the means test which will apply
to the State Pension (Non‐Contributory) and
related amendments to the means provisions
governing the existing long‐term payments.
S.I. 357 of 2006
SOCIAL WELFARE LAW REFORM AND
PENSIONS ACT 2006 ( ITEM 6 OF SCHEDULE 8)
(COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 2006
The order provides for the commencement, with
effect from 30 June 2006 of Item 6 of Schedule
8 of the Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions
Act 2006.
Section 55 of the Pensions Act requires trustees
of a scheme to prepare an annual report
containing such information as may be prescribed.
Subsection 55(2) exempts schemes, which have
commenced winding up, from this requirement.
Paragraph (a) of item 6 of Schedule 8 amends
subsection 55(2) to provide that, where the
Pensions Board considers it necessary, certain
schemes in wind-up will be required to produce
an annual report.
Section 55(4) and (5) of the Pensions Act provide
for the inclusion of a statement in the annual
report by the scheme actuary, as to whether he
or she is satisfied that an under-funded scheme
will be in a position to meet its liabilities no
later than the effective date of the next actuarial
funding certificate. Item 6 amends this provision
to provide that where an extension to the date on
which the next actuarial funding certificate is due
has been granted by the Pensions Board under
section 49(3) of the Pensions Act, it shall apply to
that later date.
S.I. 437 of 2006
SOCIAL WELFARE LAW REFORM AND PENSIONS
ACT 2006 ( Section 40) (COMMENCEMENT)
ORDER, 2006
This Order provides for the commencement of
section 40 of the Social Welfare Law Reform and
Pensions Act 2006 with effect from 24th July
2006.
Section 40 inserts a new section 26A into the
Pensions Act to provide that the Minister may,
in consultation with the Minister for Finance,
indemnify the Pensions Board members and the
staff of the Board against liability for damages or
costs where they have discharged their functions
in good faith.
S.I. No. 486 of 2006
SOCIAL WELFARE (CONSOLIDATED PAYMENTS
PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) (No. 9) (ONE‐PARENT
FAMILY PAYMENT) (ASSESSMENT
OF EARNINGS) REGULATIONS 2006
These Regulations provide for an annual
assessment of means from employment and
self‐employment for the purposes of deciding
entitlement to One‐Parent Family Payment.
In determining entitlement, the gross annual
earnings from the last complete tax year are
divided by 52 in order to arrive at a weekly
assessment. Provision is also made to determine
entitlement based on an alternative period where
deemed appropriate by a Deciding Officer or an
Appeals Officer, as the case may be.
S.I. No. 487 of 2006
SOCIAL WELFARE (CONSOLIDATED PAYMENTS
PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) (No. 10) (TREATMENT
BENEFIT) REGULATIONS 2006
These Regulations provide for an amendment
to the alternative contribution conditions for
entitlement to Treatment Benefit, with effect
from 29 May, 2006. A person who attains age
66 on or after 29 May, 2006 will be able to avail
of Treatment Benefit where he or she has 26
qualifying contributions in both the relevant
contribution year and the year immediately
before the relevant contribution year.
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