Enacted Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means 66/2020 Official bill number / year
Social Welfare Bill 2020
- Sponsor
- Minister for Social Protection
- Introduced
- 24 Nov 2020
- Last updated
- 11 May 2021
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Repeals planned increase in State Pension age; keeps it at 66 pending Commission on Pensions report.
- Reduces waiting days for Illness and Injury Benefit from 6 to 3 days; claimants qualify from fourth day.
- Removes earnings limit on One-Parent Family Payment; increases Widowed/Surviving Civil Partner Grant by €2,000.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 33rd Dáil24 Nov 2020
- Committee Stage 33rd Dáil9 Dec 2020
- Report Stage 33rd Dáil9 Dec 2020
- Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil9 Dec 2020
- Second Stage 33rd Dáil9 Dec 2020
- Committee Stage 26th Seanad14 Dec 2020
- Report Stage 26th Seanad16 Dec 2020
- Fifth Stage 26th Seanad16 Dec 2020
- Enacted22 Dec 2020
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