Delivering Income Support
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Increase of €17 a week for all on lower payment rates as follows:
- Invalidity Pension recipients aged under 65.
- Widow's & Widower's Contributory Pension and women in receipt of Deserted Wife's Benefit aged under 66.
- Widow's & Widower's Non-Contributory Pension and women in receipt of Deserted Wife's Allowance.
- Death Benefit Pension recipients aged under 66.
- Disablement Pension.
- Unemployment Benefit & Assistance.
- Disability Benefit & Allowance.
- Blind Pension recipients aged under 66.
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance.
- Farm Assist.
- Orphan's Pension & Allowance.
(January 2006)
(The above increases apply to full rate payments and there are proportionate increases for recipients of reduced rate payments).
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