142A.—(1) Notwithstanding section 142(1), in the case of a person who—

(a) has attained the age of 18 years and has not attained the age of F862[25] years,

(b) is not a person referred to in section 142(1)(a)(ii) (as amended by section 20 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007), and

(c) is not entitled to an increase in respect of a qualified child,

the scheduled rate of jobseeker’s allowance shall be the weekly rate set out in column (2) at reference 1(c) in Part 1 of Schedule 4, (as inserted by section 11(a) of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2009) increased by the amount set out in column (3) of that Part opposite that reference for any period during which the claimant or beneficiary has a qualified adult, subject to the restriction that the claimant or beneficiary shall not be entitled for the same period to an increase of allowance under this subsection in respect of more than one person.

F863[(1A) Subject to this Act and notwithstanding subsection (1), in the case of a person to whom F864[subsection (2) or (6) of section 141A or subsection (1) or (4) of section 141B] refers, the scheduled rate of jobseeker’s allowance shall be reduced and accordingly shall be the weekly rate as set out in column (2) at reference 1(c) of Part 1 of Schedule 4 which shall be reduced in each week by F865[€50], increased by the amount set out in column (3) of that Part opposite that reference for any period during which the claimant or beneficiary has a qualified adult, subject to the restriction that the claimant or beneficiary shall not be entitled for the same period to an increase of allowance under this subsection in respect of more than one person.]

(2) (a) In the case of a person referred to in subsection (1) F863[or subsection (1A)], and subject to paragraph (b), jobseeker’s allowance shall be payable where the weekly means of the claimant or beneficiary—

(i) are less than €1, at the scheduled rate,

(ii) are equal to €1, at the scheduled rate reduced by €1, and

(iii) exceed €1, at the scheduled rate, reduced by €1 for each amount (if any) of €1 by which those weekly means exceed €1.

(b) Where the weekly means of the claimant or beneficiary are equal to or exceed the scheduled rate, no jobseeker’s allowance shall be payable.

(3) Section 144 shall not apply to payments made in accordance with this section.

(4) This section shall not apply in the case of a claim for jobseeker’s allowance where—

F866[(a) the F867[period of unemployment] commenced on or before 30 December 2009 and where, in the period prior to that date, the claimant was not a person to whom this section applied,]

F868[(aa) the period of unemployment commenced on or after 29 April 2009 and in the period commencing on 29 April 2009 and ending on 29 December 2009 the claimant attained the age of 20 years,]

F869[(ab) the period of unemployment commenced on or before 14 January 2014 and the claimant was a person—

(i) who, on or before that date, attained the age of 22 years and had not attained the age of 25 years, and

(ii) to whom, on or before 14 January 2014, section 142B applied,]

(b) F870[…]

(c) a claimant was in receipt of disability allowance immediately before he or she makes the claim under this section, F871[…]

(d) a claimant has attained the age of 18 years and has not attained the age of F872[25] years and at any time during the period of 12 months before he or she has so attained the age of 18 years—

(i) he or she was in or was placed in the care of the Executive pursuant to an order of the High Court, or

(ii) he or she was in or was placed in the care of the Executive—

(I) pursuant to an order of the District Court or the Circuit Court on appeal from the District Court made under Part III, IV, IVA, (inserted by section 16 of the Children Act 2001) or VI of the Child Care Act 1991,

(II) under a voluntary care arrangement pursuant to section 4 of the Child Care Act 1991, or

(III) under an accommodation arrangement pursuant to section 5 of the F873[Child Care Act 1991, or]]

F874[(e) a claimant is in receipt, in his or her own right, of—

(i) rent supplement payable in accordance with section 198(3),

(ii) housing assistance, in accordance with Part 4 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014, or

(iii) social housing support within the meaning of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009.]