Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Paternity Benefit) Regulations 2016.
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. 2) (Paternity Benefit) Regulations 2016.
(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2016 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2016.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 142 of 2007 ).
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paragraphs: These Regulations come into operation on 1 September 2016.
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paragraphs: Article 3 of the Principal Regulations is amended by the insertion of the following definition:
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paragraphs: Part 2 of the Principal Regulations is amended by the insertion of the following Chapter after Chapter 4:
Definitions
43A. In this Chapter—
‘expected week of confinement’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 47(1)(a);
‘relevant day’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 61A(1);
‘relevant parent’ has the same meaning as it has in section 61A(1);
‘surviving parent’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 61A(1).
Expected week of confinement and duration of paternity benefit in certain cases
43B. (1) The expected week of confinement to be specified in any certificate pursuant to section 61B(1)(b)(ii)(I) shall not be more than 16 weeks after the week in which the certificate is given.
(2) Where in respect of a claim to paternity benefit it is certified by a registered medical practitioner or otherwise to the satisfaction of an officer of the Minister that a woman has been confined, and no such certificate as is referred to in clause (I) of section 61B(1)(b)(ii) has been given, the said clause shall for the purpose of that claim, be modified and shall apply as if the said clause required that it had been certified by a registered medical practitioner or otherwise to the satisfaction of an officer of the Minister that the woman concerned had been confined.
(3) In the case of a person to whom sub-article (2) applies, paternity benefit shall, subject to article 43D, be payable for such 2 week period as may be determined by a deciding officer.
Volunteer development workers — qualifying conditions
43C. (1)(a) Subject to paragraph (b), a volunteer development worker shall be entitled to paternity benefit where that person would otherwise qualify therefor but for the fact that the contribution conditions in section 61C are not satisfied.
(b) For the purposes of paragraph (a), the claimant must have qualifying contributions in respect of not less than 39 contribution weeks in the period beginning with the person’s entry into insurance and ending immediately before the relevant day.
(2)(a) Subject to paragraph (b), a person who ceases to be a volunteer development worker shall be entitled to paternity benefit in respect of any claim made in the benefit year in which that person returns to the State from a developing country or in the next succeeding benefit year where the person would otherwise qualify therefor but for the fact that the contribution conditions in section 61C are not satisfied.
(b) For the purposes of paragraph (a), the claimant must have qualifying contributions in respect of not less than 39 contribution weeks in the period beginning with the person’s entry into insurance and ending immediately before the relevant day.
Disqualification