EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal
interpretation.)
These Regulations provide that any ex gratia payments made by the Minister
for Health in accordance with recommendations proposed by the Scoping
Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme and any payments made
directly or indirectly by or on behalf of the Minister for Health under the package
of support measures established in 2018 for women diagnosed with cervical
cancer since 2008 will be disregarded in the assessment of means for the purposes
of weekly social assistance payments, increases for qualified adults and
the Working Family Payment.