Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 5) (Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment) Regulations 2022.
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. 5) (Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment) Regulations 2022.
(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2022 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2022.
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paragraphs: Chapter 5B (amended by article 2 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 18) (Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment) Regulations 2021 ( S.I. No. 699 of 2021 )) of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 are amended—
(a) in article 52J—
(i) in sub-article (1), by the substitution of the following paragraphs for paragraph (a):
“(a) €203.00, from 3 September 2021, and
(b) €208.00, from 24 December 2021.”,
(ii) in sub-article (2), by the substitution of the following paragraphs for paragraph (a):
“(a) €203.00, from 3 September 2021, and
(b) €208.00, from 24 December 2021.”,
(iii) in sub-article (3), by the substitution of the following paragraphs for paragraphs (a) and (b):
“(a) €250.00, from 3 September 2021,
(b) €203.00, from 5 November 2021 and
(c) €208.00, from 24 December 2021.”,
and
(iv) in sub-article (4), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c):
“(c) €208.00, from 25 February 2022.”,
(b) in article 52LA, by the insertion of the following sub-article after sub-article (2):
“(3) For the purposes of sub-article (2), the 22nd day of January 2022 shall be the date on which the temporary restrictions on certain business sectors introduced by the Government Decision of 3 December 2021 shall cease.”,
(c) in article 52M—
(i) in sub-article (2) —
(I) in paragraph (b)(ii) by the substitution of “25th day of February” for “28th day of January”,
(II) in paragraph (c) —
(A) in subparagraph (i) by the substitution of “25th day of March” for “28th day of January”,
and
(B) in subparagraph (iii)—
(a) in clause (I) by the substitution of “24th day of March” for “27th day of January”,
and
(b) by the substitution of the following clause for clause (II):
“(II) has not made an application for jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed) or jobseeker’s allowance by the 24th day of March 2022, 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.”,
and
(ii) in sub-article (3) by the substitution of “31st day of May” for “25th day of March”,
(d) in article 52MB, by the insertion of the following sub-article after sub-article (2):
“(3) In the case of a person to whom article 52LA applies whose average reckonable weekly income, calculated in accordance with article 52I, is equal to or greater than €151.50 the weekly rate of Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment shall be:
€208.00 from 25th February 2022.”,
and
(e) by the insertion of the following article after article 52MB:
“Date on which payment of the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment shall cease to be made in the case of a person to whom article 52LA applies.
52MC. (1) For the purposes of section 68N(2)(b), in the case of a person to whom article 52LA applies-
(i) where, subject to subparagraph (iii), that person is a person who would qualify for payment of jobseeker’s benefit, 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,
(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 24th day of March 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 24th day of March 2022, 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.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-article (1), the 31st day of May 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.”.