Enacted Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means 41/2023 Official bill number / year
Social Welfare (Child Benefit) Bill 2023
- Sponsor
- Minister for Social Protection
- Introduced
- 11 May 2023
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2024
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Amends Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 section 292 to allow temporary bonus payments to Child Benefit recipients.
- Bonus payments expire automatically on 31 December 2023 via sunset clause; no extension without new legislation.
- Minister gains power to set bonus rates via regulation rather than primary legislation changes.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 33rd Dáil11 May 2023
- Second Stage 33rd Dáil17 May 2023
- Committee Stage 33rd Dáil17 May 2023
- Report Stage 33rd Dáil17 May 2023
- Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil17 May 2023
- Second Stage 26th Seanad24 May 2023
- Committee Stage 26th Seanad24 May 2023
- Report Stage 26th Seanad24 May 2023
- Fifth Stage 26th Seanad24 May 2023
- Enacted25 May 2023
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