12.— (1) Section 241 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting subsections (1A) and (1B) (inserted by section 9 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2009).

(2) The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following section after section 244:

“Information to be supplied by claimants and beneficiaries for profiling and activation purposes.

244A.— (1) The Minister may prescribe information and the nature and form of such information to be furnished by a claimant or beneficiary where the Minister forms the opinion that the furnishing of that information would assist—

(a) a deciding officer, bureau officer, the Executive or any other person who makes a decision in relation to a claim for, or the payment of, benefit in deciding whether—

(i) a claimant is entitled to make a claim for benefit or to receive any benefit, or

(ii) a beneficiary is entitled to continue to receive any benefit, or

(b) in assessing the training, education or development needs appropriate to the circumstances of the claimant or beneficiary.

(2) For the purposes of the information to be furnished by a claimant or beneficiary under subsection (1), different types and forms of information may be prescribed in relation to—

(a) different classes of claimants or beneficiaries, or

(b) different benefits.”.