PART II

Increases

3. —(1) The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for Parts I to IV (inserted by section 3 of the Act of 1992) of the Second Schedule thereto of the Parts set out in Schedule A to this Act.

(2) This section shall come into operation—

(a) in so far as it relates to unemployment benefit, on the 22nd day of July, 1993,

(b) in so far as it relates to disability benefit, injury benefit, disablement gratuity and disablement pension, on the 26th day of July, 1993,

(c) in so far as it relates to deserted wife's benefit, invalidity pension and retirement pension, on the 29th day of July, 1993, and

(d) in so far as it relates to death benefit under section 50, 51 or 52 of the Principal Act, old age (contributory) pension, survivor's benefit, widow's (contributory) pension and orphan's (contributory) allowance, on the 30th day of July, 1993.

4. —(1) The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for Parts I and III (inserted by section 4 of the Act of 1992) of the Fourth Schedule thereto of the Parts set out in Schedule B to this Act.

(2) This section shall come into operation—

(a) in so far as it relates to unemployment assistance, on the 21st day of July, 1993,

(b) in so far as it relates to supplementary welfare allowance, on the 26th day of July, 1993,

(c) in so far as it relates to pre-retirement allowance, deserted wife's allowance, prisoner's wife's allowance, lone parent's allowance (other than lone parent's allowance payable in respect of a widow or widower) and carer's allowance, on the 29th day of July, 1993, and

(d) in so far as it relates to old age pension, blind pension, widow's (non-contributory) pension, lone parent's allowance payable in respect of a widow or widower and orphan's (non-contributory) pension, on the 30th day of July, 1993.

5. —(1) The Fourth Schedule to the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for Part IV (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 1991) of the following Part:

“PART IV

Amounts of Child Benefit

”.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall come into operation on the 1st day of September, 1993.

(3) Section 225 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (3) (as amended by section 17 of the Act of 1986) of the following subsections:

“(3) Subject to this Act, a person who is qualified for child benefit shall be paid a grant in accordance with subsection (3A) in respect of two or more qualified children where the birth of each child was part of the same multiple birth.

(3A) The amount of the grant payable in accordance with subsection (3) shall be £200 if the qualified children are two in number, £300 where they are three in number and £400 if they exceed three in number.”.

(4) Subsection (3) of this section shall apply in the case of any multiple birth occurring on or after the 1st day of July, 1993.

6. —(1) Section 73 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of “£80” for “£78” (inserted by section 9 of the Act of 1992).

(2) This section shall have effect in relation to any period of interruption of employment commencing on or after the 6th day of April, 1993.

7. —(1) The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for section 232B (inserted by section 6 of the Act of 1992) of the following section:

“Entitlement to family income supplement.

232B.—Subject to this Act, an allowance (in this Part referred to as ‘family income supplement’) shall be payable out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas in respect of a family where the weekly family income is less than—

(a) in the case of a family which includes only one child, £175, or

(b) in the case of a family which includes two children, £195, or

(c) in the case of a family which includes three children, £215, or

(d) in the case of a family which includes four children, £235, or

(e) in the case of a family which includes five children, £260, or

(f) in the case of a family which includes six children, £280, or

(g) in the case of a family which includes seven children, £297, or

(h) in the case of a family which includes eight or more children, £314.”.

(2) This section shall come into operation on the 29th day of July, 1993.