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Increase in rates of jobseeker’s benefit and jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed) relating to certain reckonable weekly earnings, certain weekly income, certain reckonable weekly income and certain periods
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7. (1) Section 65A of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1) (amended by section 8(1) of the Act of 2024)—
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(i) by the substitution, in paragraphs (a), (d) and (g), of “€114.00” for “€109.50” in each place where it occurs,
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(ii) by the substitution, in paragraphs (b), (e) and (h), of “€163.70” for “€157.30” in each place where it occurs, and
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(iii) by the substitution, in paragraphs (c), (f) and (i), of “€198.90” for “€191.10” in each place where it occurs,
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and
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(b) in subsection (2) (amended by section 15(1)(b) of the Act of 2024)—
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(i) by the substitution, in paragraph (a), of “€73.60” for “€69.10”,
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(ii) by the substitution, in paragraph (b), of “€105.70” for “€99.30”, and
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(iii) by the substitution, in paragraph (c), of “€128.40” for “€120.60”.
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(2) Section 66 of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection (1A), (amended by section 8(2) of the Act of 2024) by the substitution of “€109.20” for “€104.90”.
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(3) Section 68F of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection (1) (amended by section 8(3) of the Act of 2024)—
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(a) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “€114.00” for “€109.50”,
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(b) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “€163.70” for “€157.30”, and
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(c) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “€198.90” for “€191.10”.
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(4) Section 68F of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection (2) (amended by section 15(1)(d) of the Act of 2024)—
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(a) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “€73.60” for “€69.10”,
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(b) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “€105.70” for “€99.30”, and
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(c) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “€128.40” for “€120.60”.
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(5) Section 68G of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection (2) (amended by section 8(4) of the Act of 2024), by the substitution of “€109.20” for “€104.90”.
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(6) This section comes into operation on 1 January 2026.
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