Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005
F1992[SCHEDULE 5A
SPECIFIED WEEKLY PAYMENTS
1. Each of the following payments shall be a specified weekly payment for the purposes of this Schedule and Chapter 15 of Part 2:
(a) jobseeker’s benefit;
(b) jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed);
F1993[(ba) jobseeker’s pay-related benefit;]
(c) illness benefit;
(d) State pension (non-contributory);
(e) occupational injuries benefit comprising injury benefit, disablement benefit and death benefit;
(f) carer’s benefit;
(g) carer’s allowance;
(h) weekly supplementary welfare allowance known as basic supplementary welfare allowance;
(i) a payment made under a scheme provided for under the European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 230 of 2018) administered by the Minister and known as the ‘daily expenses allowance’;
(j) widow’s (contributory) pension, widower’s (contributory) pension and surviving civil partner’s (contributory) pension;
(k) a payment to a person who is or becomes a person in respect of whom an increase for a qualified adult is being paid.
2. The Minister may by regulations amend paragraph 1 by adding a specified weekly payment to, deleting a specified weekly payment from, or amending a reference to a specified weekly payment in, that paragraph.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F1992
Inserted (1.01.2024) by Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (37/2023), s. 53, commenced as per s. 1(3).
F1993
Inserted (31.03.2025) by Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024 (24/2024), s. 14 and sch. item 25 , S.I. No. 499 of 2024.
