Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1960

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Increase of rates of unemployment assistance.

3.—In the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 , for the Schedule thereto inserted by section 2 of the Social Welfare Act, 1959 , there is hereby substituted the following:

“SCHEDULE.

Rates of Unemployment Assistance.

Classes of persons to whom the rates of unemployment assistance set out in this Schedule are applicable.	Rate of unemployment assistance applicable to persons resident in any urban area.	Rate of unemployment assistance applicable to persons resident in any other place.
	per week	per week
Person without a dependant	20s. 0d.	14s. 0d.
Person with an adult dependant	34s. 6d.	26s. 6d.
Person with an adult dependant and one child dependant	41s. 6d.	32s. 6d.
Person with an adult dependant and two or more child dependants	47s. 6d.	37s. 6d.
	plus, where there are more than two child dependants, 1s. 0d. for each child dependant in excess of two.	plus, where there are more than two child dependants, 1s. 0d. for each child dependant in excess of two.
Person with one child dependant	27s. 0d.	20s. 0d.
Person with two or more child dependants	33s. 0d.	25s. 0d.
	plus, where there are more than two child dependants, 1s. 0d. for each child dependant in excess of two.	plus, where there are more than two child dependants, 1s. 0d. for each child dependant in excess of two.

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