S.I. No. 598/2015 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 9) (Change in Rates) Regulations 2015.


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th January, 2016.

I, JOAN BURTON, Minister for Social Protection, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 (amended by section 16 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010 (No. 37 of 2010)), 4 (amended by section 96 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 10 of 2011)), 109 (9), 109 (10), 109 (15) and 178A of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26 of 2005), and by sections 2(2), 109(8) (amended by section 4 of the Social Welfare Act 2012 (No. 43 of 2012)), 109(14) (amended by section 4 of the Social Welfare Act 2012 ), 125 (3) and 297 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 , with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and construction

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 9) (Change in Rates) Regulations 2015.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2015 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2015.

Commencement

2. These Regulations come into operation–

(a) in so far as they relate to invalidity pension and a payment referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of “relevant payment” in section 178(1) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 , on 7 January 2016, and

(b) in so far as they relate to disablement pension, State pension (contributory), widow’s (contributory) pension, widower’s (contributory) pension and surviving civil partner’s (contributory) pension, on 8 January 2016.

Amendment of Schedules to Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007

3. The Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 142 of 2007 ) are amended–

(a) by the substitution of the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations for Schedule 1,

(b) by the substitution of the Schedules set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations for Schedules 2 and 2A,

(c) by the substitution of the Schedules set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations for Schedules 3 and 3A,

(d) by the substitution of the Schedule set out in Schedule 4 to these Regulations for Schedule 4,

(e) by the substitution of the Schedules set out in Schedule 5 to these Regulations for Schedules 8, 8A and 8B,

(f) by the substitution of the Schedule set out in Schedule 6 to these Regulations for Schedule 9, and

(g) by the substitution of the Schedule set out in Schedule 7 to these Regulations for Schedule 11.

SCHEDULE 1

“SCHEDULE 1

Article 9

Rates of increases for Qualified Adult payable with Illness Benefit, Jobseeker’s Benefit, Injury Benefit, Incapacity Supplement, Jobseeker’s Allowance, Pre-Retirement Allowance, Disability Allowance or Farm Assist and where Qualified Adult has attained pensionable age in the case of Incapacity Supplement

Qualified Adult weekly income, calculated or estimated in accordance with article 8(1)

Increase in respect of Qualified Adult (under 66)(2)

Incapacity Supplement Increase in respect of Qualified Adult (over 66)(3)

Less than or equal to €100

124.80

138.30

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

119.80

133.30

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

114.80

128.30

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

109.10

122.00

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

103.20

115.70

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00

97.50

109.40

Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

91.70

103.10

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

85.90

96.80

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

80.10

90.50

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

74.20

84.20

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

68.50

77.90

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

62.60

71.60

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

56.90

65.30

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

51.00

59.00

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

45.30

52.70

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

39.50

46.40

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

33.70

40.10

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

27.90

33.80

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

22.10

27.50

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

16.30

21.20

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

10.50

14.90

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

4.70

8.60

”.

SCHEDULE 2

“SCHEDULE 2

Articles 10, 62, 65 and 70A

Rates of tapered increases for Qualified Adult payable with State Pension (Contributory) and State Pension (Transition) where Qualified Adult has attained pensionable age

State Pension (Contributory)

Weekly income of Qualified Adult(1)

Whereyearlyaverageis notlessthan 48(2)

Whereyearlyaverage is less than 48, but not less than 40(3)

Whereyearlyaverage is less than 40, but not less than 30(4)

Whereyearlyaverageis lessthan 30, but not less than 20(5)

Whereyearlyaverageis less than 20, but not less than 15(6)

Whereyearlyaverage is less than 15, but not less than 10(7)

Less than or equal to €100

209.00

198.60

188.40

177.30

135.70

84.10

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

199.60

189.60

179.80

169.20

129.50

80.30

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

190.20

180.60

171.20

161.10

123.30

76.50

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

180.80

171.60

162.60

153.00

117.10

72.70

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

171.40

162.60

154.00

144.90

110.90

68.90

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00

162.00

153.60

145.40

136.80

104.70

65.10

Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

152.60

144.60

136.80

128.70

98.50

61.30

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

143.20

135.60

128.20

120.60

92.30

57.50

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

133.80

126.60

119.60

112.50

86.10

53.70

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

124.40

117.60

111.00

104.40

79.90

49.90

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

115.00

108.60

102.40

96.30

73.70

46.10

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

105.60

99.60

93.80

88.20

67.50

42.30

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

96.20

90.60

85.20

80.10

61.30

38.50

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

86.80

81.60

76.60

72.00

55.10

34.70

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

77.40

72.60

68.00

63.90

48.90

30.90

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

68.00

63.60

59.40

55.80

42.70

27.10

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

58.60

54.60

50.80

47.70

36.50

23.30

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

49.20

45.60

42.20

39.60

30.30

19.50

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

39.80

36.60

33.60

31.50

24.10

15.70

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

30.40

27.60

25.00

23.40

17.90

11.90

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

21.00

18.60

16.40

15.30

11.70

8.10

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

11.60

9.60

7.80

7.20

5.50

4.30

State Pension (Transition)

Weekly income of Qualified Adult(1)

Where yearlyaverage is not less than48(2)

Where yearlyaverageis less than48, but not less than 40(3)

Where yearlyaverage is less than 40, but not less than 30(4)

Where yearlyaverageis less than 30, but notless than 24(5)

Less than or equal to €100

206.30

196.00

186.00

175.00

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

196.90

187.00

177.40

166.90

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

187.50

178.00

168.80

158.80

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

178.10

169.00

160.20

150.70

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

168.70

160.00

151.60

142.60

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00

159.30

151.00

143.00

134.50

Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

149.90

142.00

134.40

126.40

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

140.50

133.00

125.80

118.30

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

131.10

124.00

117.20

110.20

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

121.70

115.00

108.60

102.10

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

112.30

106.00

100.00

94.00

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

102.90

97.00

91.40

85.90

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

93.50

88.00

82.80

77.80

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

84.10

79.00

74.20

69.70

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

74.70

70.00

65.60

61.60

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

65.30

61.00

57.00

53.50

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

55.90

52.00

48.40

45.40

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

46.50

43.00

39.80

37.30

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

37.10

34.00

31.20

29.20

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

27.70

25.00

22.60

21.10

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

18.30

16.00

14.00

13.00

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

8.90

7.00

5.40

4.90

SCHEDULE 2A

Articles 62A, 65A, 71 and 71A

Rates of tapered increases for Qualified Adult payable with State Pension (Contributory) in accordance with articles 62A(5)(a) and 65A(4)(a) and State Pension (Transition) in accordance with articles 71(3)(a) and 71A(3)(a)

State Pension (Contributory)

Weekly income of Qualified Adult(1)

Where yearlyaverage is less than48, but not less than 20(2)

Where yearlyaverageis less than20, but not less than 15(3)

Where yearlyaverage is less than15, but not less than 10(4)

Where yearlyaverageis less than10, but notless than 5(5)

Less than or equal to €100

209.00

156.80

104.50

52.30

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

199.60

149.70

99.80

50.00

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

190.20

142.60

95.10

47.70

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

180.80

135.50

90.40

45.40

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

171.40

128.40

85.70

43.10

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00

162.00

121.30

81.00

40.80

Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

152.60

114.20

76.30

38.50

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

143.20

107.10

71.60

36.20

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

133.80

100.00

66.90

33.90

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

124.40

92.90

62.20

31.60

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

115.00

85.80

57.50

29.30

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

105.60

78.70

52.80

27.00

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

96.20

71.60

48.10

24.70

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

86.80

64.50

43.40

22.40

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

77.40

57.40

38.70

20.10

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

68.00

50.30

34.00

17.80

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

58.60

43.20

29.30

15.50

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

49.20

36.10

24.60

13.20

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

39.80

29.00

19.90

10.90

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

30.40

21.90

15.20

8.60

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

21.00

14.80

10.50

6.30

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

11.60

7.70

5.80

4.00

State Pension (Transition)

Weekly income of Qualified Adult(1)

Where yearlyaverage is less than48, but not less than 24(2)

Less than or equal to €100

206.30

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

196.90

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

187.50

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

178.10

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

168.70

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00

159.30

Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

149.90

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

140.50

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

131.10

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

121.70

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

112.30

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

102.90

State Pension (Transition)

Weekly income of Qualified Adult(1)

Where yearlyaverage is less than48, but not less than 24(2)

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

93.50

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

84.10

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

74.70

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

65.30

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

55.90

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

46.50

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

37.10

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

27.70

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

18.30

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

8.90

”.

SCHEDULE 3

“SCHEDULE 3

Articles 10, 62, 65 and 70A

Rates of tapered increases for Qualified Adult payable with State Pension (Contributory) and State Pension (Transition) where Qualified Adult has not attained pensionable age

State Pension (Contributory)

Weekly income of Qualified Adult(1)

Whereyearlyaverageis notlessthan 48(2)

Whereyearlyaverage is less than 48, but not lessthan 40(3)

Whereyearlyaverage is less than 40, but not lessthan 30(4)

Whereyearlyaverageis lessthan 30, but not lessthan 20(5)

Whereyearlyaverageis less than 20, but not lessthan 15(6)

Whereyearlyaverage is less than 15, but not lessthan 10(7)

Less than or equal to €100

155.50

147.90

140.80

131.70

101.30

61.80

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

148.50

141.20

134.40

125.70

96.70

59.00

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

141.50

134.50

128.00

119.70

92.10

56.20

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

134.50

127.80

121.60

113.70

87.50

53.40

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

127.50

121.10

115.20

107.70

82.90

50.60

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00

120.50

114.40

108.80

101.70

78.30

47.80

Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

113.50

107.70

102.40

95.70

73.70

45.00

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

106.50

101.00

96.00

89.70

69.10

42.20

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

99.50

94.30

89.60

83.70

64.50

39.40

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

92.50

87.60

83.20

77.70

59.90

36.60

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

85.50

80.90

76.80

71.70

55.30

33.80

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

78.50

74.20

70.40

65.70

50.70

31.00

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

71.50

67.50

64.00

59.70

46.10

28.20

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

64.50

60.80

57.60

53.70

41.50

25.40

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

57.50

54.10

51.20

47.70

36.90

22.60

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

50.50

47.40

44.80

41.70

32.30

19.80

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

43.50

40.70

38.40

35.70

27.70

17.00

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

36.50

34.00

32.00

29.70

23.10

14.20

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

29.50

27.30

25.60

23.70

18.50

11.40

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

22.50

20.60

19.20

17.70

13.90

8.60

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

15.50

13.90

12.80

11.70

9.30

5.80

State Pension (Contributory)

Weekly income of Qualified Adult(1)

Whereyearlyaverageis notlessthan 48(2)

Whereyearlyaverage is less than 48, but not lessthan 40(3)

Whereyearlyaverage is less than 40, but not lessthan 30(4)

Whereyearlyaverageis lessthan 30, but not lessthan 20(5)

Whereyearlyaverageis less than 20, but not lessthan 15(6)

Whereyearlyaverage is less than 15, but not lessthan 10(7)

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

8.50

7.20

6.40

5.70

4.70

3.00

State Pension (Transition)

Weekly income of Qualified Adult(1)

Whereyearlyaverageis notlessthan 48(2)

Whereyearlyaverageis less than 48, but not lessthan 40(3)

Whereyearlyaverage is less than 40,but not lessthan 30(4)

Whereyearlyaverageis lessthan 30, but not lessthan 24(5)

Less than or equal to €100

153.50

146.00

139.00

130.00

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

146.50

139.30

132.60

124.00

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

139.50

132.60

126.20

118.00

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

132.50

125.90

119.80

112.00

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

125.50

119.20

113.40

106.00

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00

118.50

112.50

107.00

100.00

Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

111.50

105.80

100.60

94.00

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

104.50

99.10

94.20

88.00

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

97.50

92.40

87.80

82.00

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

90.50

85.70

81.40

76.00

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

83.50

79.00

75.00

70.00

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

76.50

72.30

68.60

64.00

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

69.50

65.60

62.20

58.00

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

62.50

58.90

55.80

52.00

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

55.50

52.20

49.40

46.00

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

48.50

45.50

43.00

40.00

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

41.50

38.80

36.60

34.00

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

34.50

32.10

30.20

28.00

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

27.50

25.40

23.80

22.00

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

20.50

18.70

17.40

16.00

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

13.50

12.00

11.00

10.00

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

6.50

5.30

4.60

4.00

SCHEDULE 3A

Articles 62A, 65A, 71 and 71A

Rates of tapered increases for Qualified Adult payable with State Pension (Contributory) in accordance with articles 62A(5)(b) and 65A(4)(b) and State Pension (Transition) in accordance with articles 71(3)(b) and 71A(3)(b)

State Pension (Contributory)

Weekly income of Qualified Adult(1)

Where yearlyaverage is less than48, but not less than 20(2)

Where yearlyaverageis less than20, but not less than 15(3)

Where yearlyaverage is less than 15, but not less than 10(4)

Where yearlyaverageis less than 10, but notless than 5(5)

Less than or equal to €100

155.50

116.60

77.80

38.90

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

148.50

111.30

74.30

37.20

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

141.50

106.00

70.80

35.50

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

134.50

100.70

67.30

33.80

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

127.50

95.40

63.80

32.10

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00

120.50

90.10

60.30

30.40

Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

113.50

84.80

56.80

28.70

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

106.50

79.50

53.30

27.00

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

99.50

74.20

49.80

25.30

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

92.50

68.90

46.30

23.60

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

85.50

63.60

42.80

21.90

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

78.50

58.30

39.30

20.20

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

71.50

53.00

35.80

18.50

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

64.50

47.70

32.30

16.80

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

57.50

42.40

28.80

15.10

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

50.50

37.10

25.30

13.40

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

43.50

31.80

21.80

11.70

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

36.50

26.50

18.30

10.00

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

29.50

21.20

14.80

8.30

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

22.50

15.90

11.30

6.60

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

15.50

10.60

7.80

4.90

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

8.50

5.30

4.30

3.20

State Pension (Transition)

Weekly income of Qualified Adult(1)

Where yearlyaverage is less than48, but not less than 24(2)

Less than or equal to €100

153.50

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

146.50

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

139.50

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

132.50

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

125.50

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00

118.50

Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

111.50

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

104.50

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

97.50

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

90.50

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

83.50

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

76.50

State Pension (Transition)

Weekly income of Qualified Adult(1)

Where yearlyaverage is less than 48, but not less than 24(2)

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

69.50

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

62.50

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

55.50

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

48.50

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

41.50

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

34.50

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

27.50

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

20.50

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

13.50

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

6.50

”.

SCHEDULE 4

“SCHEDULE 4

Article 11

Rates of increases for Qualified Adult payable with Invalidity Pension and for Qualified Adult who attained pensionable age before 2 January 2014

Qualified Adult weekly income, calculated or estimated in accordance with article 8(1)

Increase in respect of Qualified Adult

(2)

Increase in respect of Qualified Adult

who attained Pensionable age before 2 January 2014

(3)

Less than or equal to €100.00

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00 Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

138.10

131.90

125.50

119.30

113.00

106.70

100.50

94.20

87.90

81.60

75.40

69.00

62.80

56.60

50.30

44.00

37.70

31.50

25.20

18.90

12.70

6.30

209.00

199.60

190.20

180.80

171.40

162.00

152.60

143.20

133.80

124.40

115.00

105.60

96.20

86.80

77.40

68.00

58.60

49.20

39.80

30.40

21.00

11.60

”.

SCHEDULE 5

“SCHEDULE 8

Articles 62 and 65

Reduced rates of State Pension (Contributory) and increases for Qualified Adult where contribution conditions are partially satisfied and where person attains pensionable age on or after 1 September 2012

Yearly Average(1)

Weekly Rate(2)

Increase for Qualified Adult who has not attained pensionable age(3)

Increase for Qualified has attained pensionable age(4)

Less than 48, but not less than 40 Less than 40, but not less than 30 Less than 30, but not less than 20 Less than 20, but not less than 15 Less than 15, but not less than 10

€228.70209.70198.60152.0093.20

€147.90140.80131.70101.3061.80

€198.60188.40177.30135.7084.10

SCHEDULE 8A

Articles 62A and 65A

Reduced rates of State Pension (Contributory) and increases for Qualified Adult where contribution conditions are partially satisfied and where person attained pensionable age before 1 September 2012 and is not a person to whom section 109(10) applies

Yearly Average(1)

Weekly Rate(2)

Increase for Qualified Adult who has not attained pensionable age(3)

Increase for Qualified Adultwho has attained pensionable age(4)

Less than 48, but not less than 20 Less than 20, but not less than 15 Less than 15, but not less than 10 Less than 10, but not less than 5

€228.70175.00116.7058.30

€155.50116.6077.8038.90

€209.00156.80104.5052.30

SCHEDULE 8B

Articles 62B and 65B

Reduced rates of State Pension (Contributory) and increases for Qualified Adult where section 109(10) applies

Yearly Average(1)

Weekly Rate(2)

Increase for Qualified Adult who has not attained pensionable age(3)

Increase for Qualified Adultwho has attained pensionable age(4)

Less than 48, but not less than 20 Less than 20, but not less than 15 Less than 15, but not less than 10 Less than 10, but not less than 5

€228.70175.00116.7058.30

€155.50124.00124.00124.00

€209.00156.80156.80156.80

”.

SCHEDULE 6

“SCHEDULE 9

Articles 62B and 65B

Rates of tapered increases for a Qualified Adult payable with State Pension (Contributory) where section 109(10) applies

Weekly income of Qualified Adult(1)

Increase for Qualified Adult who has not attained pensionable age

Increase for Qualified Adult who has attained pensionable age

Where yearlyaverage is less than 48, but not less than20(2)

Where yearlyaverageis less than 20, but not less than 10(3)

Where yearlyaverageis less than 10, but not less than 5(4)

Where yearlyaverage is less than 48, but not less than20(5)

Where yearlyaverageis less than 20, but not less than 10(6)

Where yearlyaverageis less than 10, but not less than 5(7)

Less than or equal to €100

155.50

124.00

124.00

209.00

156.80

156.80

Exceed €100.01 but do not exceed €110.00

148.50

118.20

118.20

199.60

149.70

149.70

Exceed €110.01 but do not exceed €120.00

141.50

112.40

112.40

190.20

142.60

142.60

Exceed €120.01 but do not exceed €130.00

134.50

106.60

106.60

180.80

135.50

135.50

Exceed €130.01 but do not exceed €140.00

127.50

100.80

100.80

171.40

128.40

128.40

Exceed €140.01 but do not exceed €150.00

120.50

95.00

95.00

162.00

121.30

121.30

Exceed €150.01 but do not exceed €160.00

113.50

89.20

89.20

152.60

114.20

114.20

Exceed €160.01 but do not exceed €170.00

106.50

83.40

83.40

143.20

107.10

107.10

Exceed €170.01 but do not exceed €180.00

99.50

77.60

77.60

133.80

100.00

100.00

Exceed €180.01 but do not exceed €190.00

92.50

71.80

71.80

124.40

92.90

92.90

Exceed €190.01 but do not exceed €200.00

85.50

66.00

66.00

115.00

85.80

85.80

Exceed €200.01 but do not exceed €210.00

78.50

60.20

60.20

105.60

78.70

78.70

Exceed €210.01 but do not exceed €220.00

71.50

54.40

54.40

96.20

71.60

71.60

Exceed €220.01 but do not exceed €230.00

64.50

48.60

48.60

86.80

64.50

64.50

Exceed €230.01 but do not exceed €240.00

57.50

42.80

42.80

77.40

57.40

57.40

Exceed €240.01 but do not exceed €250.00

50.50

37.00

37.00

68.00

50.30

50.30

Exceed €250.01 but do not exceed €260.00

43.50

31.20

31.20

58.60

43.20

43.20

Exceed €260.01 but do not exceed €270.00

36.50

25.40

25.40

49.20

36.10

36.10

Exceed €270.01 but do not exceed €280.00

29.50

19.60

19.60

39.80

29.00

29.00

Exceed €280.01 but do not exceed €290.00

22.50

13.80

13.80

30.40

21.90

21.90

Exceed €290.01 but do not exceed €300.00

15.50

8.00

8.00

21.00

14.80

14.80

Exceed €300.01 but do not exceed €310.00

8.50

2.20

2.20

11.60

7.70

7.70

”.

SCHEDULE 7

“SCHEDULE 11

Articles 80, 81, 87 and 88

Reduced rates of Widows (Contributory) Pension, Widowers (Contributory) Pension, Surviving Civil Partner’s (Contributory) Pension and a payment by virtue of paragraph (a) in the definition of “relevant payment” in section 178 where contribution conditions are partially satisfied

Yearly

Average

(1)

Weekly Rate

(under 66)

(2)

Weekly Rate

(over 66)

(3)

36 to 47

24 to 35

18 to 23

12 to 17

5 to 11

190.70

188.00

139.10

91.80

46.50

228.70

223.30

167.40

111.10

55.60

”.

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the foregoing Regulations.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

17 December 2015.

BRENDAN HOWLIN,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

18 December 2015.

JOAN BURTON,

Minister for Social Protection.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

Section 3 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2015 provides for increases in the maximum rates of certain social insurance payments arising from Budget 2016.

These Regulations provide for increases to the reduced personal rates of State Pension (Contributory), Widow’s (Contributory) Pension, Widower’s (Contributory) Pension and Surviving Civil Partner’s (Contributory) Pension, and Deserted Wife’s Benefit for those who have attained the age of 66.

The Regulations also provide for changes in the rates of tapered increases for the qualified adults of recipients of State Pension (Contributory), with a proportionally higher increase in the case of qualified adults over 66. In the case of recipients of Incapacity Supplement, the Regulations provide for changes in the tapered increases for qualified adults who have attained the age of 66 years.Finally, in the case of Invalidity Pension recipients, the Regulations provide for increases in the tapered rates for a qualified adult who attained 66 years of age before 2 January 2014.

These changes are effective from 7 January 2016 in the case of Deserted Wife’s Benefit and Invalidity Pension.The changes are effective from 8 January 2016 in the case of State Pension (Contributory), Widow’s (Contributory) Pension, Widower’s (Contributory) Pension, Surviving Civil Partner’s (Contributory) Pension and Incapacity Supplement.