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S.I. No. 497/2006 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 11) (Compensation Payments) Regulations 2006

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(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 11) (Compensation Payments) Regulations 2006.
(2)These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions Regulations 1994 to 2006 shall be construed together as one and may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations 1994 to
  1. Compensation payments.
  2. The Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 417 of 1994 ) are amended - (a) by the insertion after article 6B
(2)(as substituted by article 4 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No.1) (Miscellaneous Provisions Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 103 of 2001 ) of the following: “(2A). In calculating or estimating the weekly income under sub-article
(1)any sums received from compensation awarded - (
  1. a)by the Compensation Tribunal established by the Minister for Health on 15 December, 1995, the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal established under section 3 of the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal Act 1997 (No. 34 of 1997), the Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal established under section 2 of the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Act 2002 (No. 21 of 2002), or by a court of competent jurisdiction, to compensate certain persons who have contracted Hepatitis C or Human Immunodeficiency Virus within the State from the use of Human Immunoglobulin - Anti-D, whole blood or other blood products, (
  2. b)by the Residential Institutions Redress Board established under section 3 of the Residential Institutions Redress Act, 2002 (No.13 of 2002), (
  3. c)to persons who have disabilities caused by Thalidomide, or (
  4. d)under the provisions of the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 (No. 17 of 2006) to a relevant person (within the meaning of that Act), shall be disregarded.”. (
  5. b)by the substitution for article 90B (inserted by article 2 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No.5) (Compensation Payments Regulations 2003 (S.I. 427 of 2003)) of the following: “90B. The income prescribed for the purposes of Reference 19 of Table 2 of Schedule 3 to the Principal Act shall be the yearly value of all income derived from compensation awarded - (
  6. a)by the Compensation Tribunal established by the Minister for Health on 15 December, 1995, the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal established under section 3 of the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal Act 1997 (No. 34 of 1997), the Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal established under section 2 of the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Act 2002 (No. 21 of 2002), or by a court of competent jurisdiction, to compensate certain persons who have contracted Hepatitis C or Human Immunodeficiency Virus within the State from the use of Human Immunoglobulin - Anti-D whole blood or other blood products, (
  7. b)by the Residential Institutions Redress Board established under section 3 of the Residential Institutions Redress Act, 2002 (No.13 of 2002), (
  8. c)to persons who have disabilities caused by Thalidomide, or (
  9. d)under the provisions of the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 (No. 17 of 2006) to a relevant person (within the meaning of that Act).”. GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs this 14th day of September, 2006. LS SÉAMUS BRENNAN Minister for Social and Family Affairs. The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations. GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this 20th day of September, 2006. LS BRIAN COWEN Minister for Finance. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) Regulations currently provide that any moneys received by way of compensation awarded to persons - • who have contracted Hepatitis C or HIV, • who have disabilities caused by Thalidomide, and • by the Residential Institutions Redress Board will be disregarded in the assessment of means for social assistance purposes. These Regulations replace the existing provisions to extend this disregard to include any moneys received by a way of compensation awarded under the provisions of the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 . Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais

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