Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 16) (Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment) Regulations 2021.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 16) (Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment) Regulations 2021.
(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2021 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2021.
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paragraphs: The Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 are amended—
(a) by the substitution of the following article for 52M (inserted by article 3 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 14) (Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment) Regulations 2021 ( S.I. No. 448 of 2021 )):
“Date on which payment of the covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment shall cease to be made.
52M. (1) For the purposes of section 68N(2)(b), in the case of a person who is attending a course of study as defined in section 148, and who by virtue of section 68A, 68K or 148 would not be entitled to receive, as the case may be, jobseeker’s benefit, jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed) or jobseeker’s allowance, the 3rd day of September 2021 is prescribed as the date on which payment of Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment shall cease to be made.
(2) For the purposes of section 68N(2)(b) —
(a) in the case of a person who has an average reckonable weekly income, calculated in accordance with article 52I, of less than €200.00—
(i) where, subject to subparagraph (iii), that person is a person who would qualify for payment of jobseeker’s benefit, the 22nd day of October 2021 is prescribed as the date on which payment of Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment shall cease to be made,
(ii) where, in accordance with article 223F, that person is in receipt of Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment and other than child benefit, any payment specified in sub-article (2) of that article, the 5th day of November 2021 is prescribed as the date on which payment of Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment shall cease to be made, or
(iii) where that person, notwithstanding the fact that he or she may be a person who would qualify for payment of jobseeker’s benefit —
(I) has made an application for jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed) or jobseeker’s allowance by the 21st day of October 2021, and a deciding officer has made a decision regarding that person’s eligibility for payment of jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed) or jobseeker’s allowance, the date on which the decision takes effect is prescribed as the date on which payment of Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment shall cease to be made,
or
(II) has not made an application for jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed) or jobseeker’s allowance by the 21st day of October 2021, the 22nd day of October 2021 is prescribed as the date on which payment of Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment shall cease to be made,
(b) in the case of a person who has an average reckonable weekly income, calculated in accordance with article 52I, equal to or greater than €200.00 but less than €300.00—
(i) where, subject to subparagraph (iii), that person is a person who would qualify for payment of jobseeker’s benefit, the 5th day of November 2021 is prescribed as the date on which payment of Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment shall cease to be made,
(ii) where, in accordance with article 223F, that person is in receipt of Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment and other than child benefit, any payment specified in sub-article (2) of that article, the 28th day of January 2022 is prescribed as the date on which payment of Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment shall cease to be made, or
(iii) where that person, notwithstanding the fact that he or she may be a person who would qualify for payment of jobseeker’s benefit —
(I) has made an application for jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed) or jobseeker’s allowance by the 4th day of November 2021, and a deciding officer has made a decision regarding that person’s eligibility for payment of jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed) or jobseeker’s allowance, the date on which the decision takes effect is prescribed as the date on which payment of Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment shall cease to be made,
or
(II) has not made an application for jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed) or jobseeker’s allowance by the 4th day of November 2021, the 5th day of November 2021 is prescribed as the date on which payment of Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment shall cease to be made,
(c) in the case of a person who has an average reckonable weekly income, calculated in accordance with article 52I, equal to or greater than €300—
(i) where, subject to subparagraph (iii), that person is a person who would qualify for payment of jobseeker’s benefit, the 28th day of January 2022 is prescribed as the date on which payment of Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment shall cease to be made,
(ii) where, in accordance with article 223F, that person is in receipt of Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment and other than child benefit, any payment specified in sub-article (2) of that article, the 25th day of March 2022 is prescribed as the date on which payment of Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment shall cease to be made, or
(iii) where that person, notwithstanding the fact that he or she may be a person who would qualify for payment of jobseeker’s benefit —
(I) has made an application for jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed) or jobseeker’s allowance by the 27th day of January 2022, and a deciding officer has made a decision regarding that person’s eligibility for payment of jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed) or jobseeker’s allowance, the date on which the decision takes effect is prescribed as the date on which payment of Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment shall cease to be made,
or
(II) has not made an application for jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed) or jobseeker’s allowance by the 27th day of January 2022, the 28th day of January 2022 is prescribed as the date on which payment of Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment shall cease to be made.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-article (2), the 25th day of March 2022 is prescribed as the date on which payment of Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment shall cease to be made for any person who would otherwise have an entitlement to the payment on that date.”,
and
(b) in paragraph (s) of article 223F(2) by the insertion of “subject to article 52M,” before “child benefit”.