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12 1970

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1970

SCHEDULE

Contribution Conditions (Death Grant, Invalidity Pension, Retirement Pension)

Section 18 .

7. Death Grant

The contribution conditions for death grant are—

(a) that before the relevant date not less than twenty-six employment contributions have been paid in respect of the relevant insured person in respect of employment since his entry into insurance or since the commencement of section 5 of the Social Welfare Act, 1970 (whichever is the later), and

(b) that before the relevant date, where that date occurs after the end of the first contribution year, appropriate to a man or a woman (as the case may be), falling completely into the period following such commencement, either—

(i) not less than forty-eight contributions have been paid in respect of or credited to the relevant insured person in respect of the last complete contribution year before the beginning of the benefit year in which the relevant date occurs, or

(ii) the average per contribution year of the contributions paid in respect of or credited to the relevant insured person in respect of the period beginning at the beginning of the contribution year in which his entry into insurance occurred or the beginning of the contribution year next following that in which such commencement occurred (whichever is the later) and ending at the end of the last complete contribution year before the beginning of the benefit year in which the relevant date occurs is not less than forty-eight.

In this paragraph—

relevant insured person” means—

(a) in case the deceased person was a qualified child—the father or mother of such deceased person or the person who was receiving or was entitled to payment of children's allowances under the Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) Acts, 1944 to 1970, in respect of such deceased person at the date of death or who would have been so entitled if the deceased person had not been over the age of sixteen years or had not been committed to a reformatory or industrial school,

(b) in any other case—the deceased person or the spouse of the deceased person,

relevant date” means the date of death of the deceased person or the date of death of the relevant insured person or the date of attainment of pensionable age of the relevant insured person, whichever occurs first, whether the deceased is the relevant insured person or not.

For the purpose of determining whether the conditions contained in this paragraph are satisfied—

(i) a person shall be treated as having entered into insurance when (and only when) he has become for the first time an employed contributor in respect of whom employment contributions are payable under paragraphs 1, 2, 2A, 3, 3A, 6 or 7 of the Second Schedule to this Act, and

(ii) contributions under paragraphs 4 and 5 (inserted by the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations, 1956) of the said Second Schedule shall be disregarded.

8. Invalidity pension

The contribution conditions for invalidity pension are—

(a) that before the relevant date not less than one hundred and fifty-six employment contributions have been paid in respect of the claimant since his entry into insurance, and

(b) that before the relevant date not less than forty-eight employment contributions have been paid in respect of or credited to the claimant in respect of the last complete contribution year before that date.

In this paragraph “relevant date” means any date subsequent to the completion of one year of continuous incapacity for work where the insured person has entered into a continuous period of incapacity for work and he is subsequently proved to be permanently incapable of work.

Contributions under paragraphs 4 and 5 (inserted by the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations, 1956) of the Second Schedule to this Act shall be disregarded for the purposes of this paragraph.

9. Retirement pension

The contribution conditions for retirement pension are—

(a) that the claimant has entered into insurance before attaining the age of fifty-five years,

(b) that not less than one hundred and fifty-six employment contributions have been paid in respect of the claimant since his entry into insurance, and

(c) that the average per contribution year of the contributions paid in respect of or credited to the claimant in respect of the period beginning either—

(i) on the 5th day of January, 1953, in case the claimant is a man or on the 6th day of July, 1953, in case the claimant is a woman, or

(ii) at the beginning of the contribution year in which the claimant's entry into insurance occurred (if after the 5th day of January, 1953, in the case of a man or the 6th day of July, 1953, in the ease of a woman),

(whichever is the later) and ending at the end of the last complete contribution year before the date of the claimant's attaining the age of sixty-five years is not less than forty-eight.

For the purpose of determining whether the conditions contained in this paragraph are satisfied—

(i) a person shall be treated as having entered into insurance when (and only when) he has become for the first time an employed contributor in respect of whom employment contributions are payable under paragraphs 1, 2, 2A, 3, 3A, 6 or 7 of the Second Schedule to this Act, and

(ii) contributions under paragraphs 4 and 5 (inserted by the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations, 1956) of the said Second Schedule shall be disregarded.