Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 10) (Income Disregard) 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. 10) (Income Disregard) 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: In these Regulations “Regulations of 2022” means the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payment and Control) (Amendment) (No. 9) (Income Disregard) Regulations 2022 ( S.I. No. 291 of 2022 ).
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paragraphs: (1) The Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 are amended—
(a) in article 3 (amended by article 3 of Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 15) (Carers) Regulations 2021( S.I. No. 623 of 2021 )) by the insertion of the following definitions:
“‘home’” means a residential premises situated in the State which is owned and personally used and enjoyed by the person as his or her sole or main residence;”
‘“immediate family member’” means, for the purposes of paragraph (i) of article 8(3), paragraph (i) of article 155 and paragraph (o) of article 174 of these Regulations:
(a) a spouse, civil partner, or cohabitant,
(b) a child, son-in-law or daughter-in-law,
(c) a parent, step-parent, mother-in-law or father-in-law,
(d) a brother, sister, step-brother, step-sister, brother-in-law or sister-in-law,
(e) a grandparent or grandchild,
(f) an aunt or uncle, or
(g) a nephew or niece;”
‘“residential premises”’ means a building or part of a building used as a dwelling;”,
(b) in article 8(3) (amended by article 3 of the Regulations of 2022) —
(i) by the deletion of “or” after paragraph (ga),
(ii) by the substitution of “Grant,” for “Grant.” in paragraph (h), and
(iii) the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (h):
“or
(i) Subject to the conditions specified in subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii), any income arising to a person in respect of the lawful rental of living accommodation of a room, or rooms, in his or her home to another person or persons, where that other person, or persons have the use of the room or rooms for a period of not less than 28 consecutive days.
(i) The income disregard in this paragraph shall be subject to a maximum of €269.23 per week.
(ii) The income disregard in this paragraph shall apply only as long as the person or persons to whom the use of living accommodation of a room, or rooms have been made available, continue to use the room or rooms.
(iii) The income disregard in this paragraph shall not apply where the income arising to the person is received from an employee or an immediate family member of that person.”,
(c) in article 155 (amended by article 3 of the Regulations of 2022) —
(i) by the deletion of “or” after paragraph (ga),
(ii) by the substitution of “Grant,” for “Grant.” in paragraph (h), and
(iii) the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (h):
“or
(i) Subject to the conditions specified in subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii), any income arising to a person in respect of the lawful rental of living accommodation of a room, or rooms, in his or her home to another person or persons, where that other person, or persons have the use of the room or rooms for a period of not less than 28 consecutive days.
(i) The income disregard in this paragraph shall be subject to a maximum of €269.23 per week.
(ii) The income disregard in this paragraph shall apply only as long as the person or persons to whom the use of living accommodation of a room, or rooms have been made available, continue to use the room or rooms.
(iii) The income disregard in this paragraph shall not apply where the income arising to the person is received from an employee or an immediate family member of that person.”,
and
(d) in article 174 (amended by article 3(c) of the Regulations of 2022) —
(i) by the deletion of “or” after paragraph (m),
(ii) by the substitution of “Grant,” for “Grant.” in paragraph (n), and
(iii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (n):
“or
(o) Subject to the conditions specified in subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii), any income arising to a person in respect of the lawful rental of living accommodation of a room, or rooms, in his or her home to another person or persons, where that other person, or persons have the use of the room or rooms for a period of not less than 28 consecutive days.
(i) The income disregard in this paragraph shall be subject to a maximum of €269.23 per week.
(ii) The income disregard in this paragraph shall apply only as long as the person or persons to whom the use of living accommodation of a room, or rooms have been made available, continue to use the room or rooms.
(iii) The income disregard in this paragraph shall not apply where the income arising to the person is received from an employee or an immediate family member of that person.”,