EnactedStage in the legislative process — click for what it means82/2023Official bill number / year
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023
- Sponsor
- Minister for Social Protection
- Introduced
- 22 Nov 2023
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2024
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Increases weekly rates of maternity, adoptive, paternity, and parent's benefits by €12; extends parent's benefit from seven to nine weeks from August 2024.
- Prevents concurrent payment of illness or injury benefit with statutory sick pay; limits combined weekly payments to six days maximum.
- Allows deferral of State pension (contributory) claims up to age 70 with higher rates at later claim ages; enables long-term carers to qualify for contributory pension in certain circumstances.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil22 Nov 2023
- Second Stage33rd Dáil23 Nov 2023
- Committee Stage33rd Dáil23 Nov 2023
- Report Stage33rd Dáil6 Dec 2023
- Fifth Stage33rd Dáil6 Dec 2023
- Second Stage26th Seanad7 Dec 2023
- Committee Stage26th Seanad12 Dec 2023
- Report Stage26th Seanad12 Dec 2023
- Fifth Stage26th Seanad12 Dec 2023
- Enacted14 Dec 2023
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