Social Welfare and Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System (Amendment) Act 2025

Maternity benefit – new rate

3. (1) Section 49(1) (amended by section 4 of the Act of 2024) of the Principal Act is amended, in paragraph (b), by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (ii):

“(ii) €299.”.

(2) This section comes into operation on 5 January 2026.