Social Welfare Bill 2020

What this bill doesAI · 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 timelineWhat do these stages mean?

1. First Stage33rd Dáil

   24 Nov 2020
2. Committee Stage33rd Dáil

   9 Dec 2020
3. Report Stage33rd Dáil

   9 Dec 2020
4. Fifth Stage33rd Dáil

   9 Dec 2020
5. Second Stage33rd Dáil

   9 Dec 2020
6. Committee Stage26th Seanad

   14 Dec 2020
7. Report Stage26th Seanad

   16 Dec 2020
8. Fifth Stage26th Seanad

   16 Dec 2020
9. Enacted

   22 Dec 2020

Debates

• Committee and Remaining Stages16 Dec 2020↗
• Second Stage14 Dec 2020↗
• Second Stage9 Dec 2020↗

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