asked the Minister for Social Welfare if a person (whose name has been supplied to his Department) has had her widow's pension terminated or suspended; and, if so, why.
Written Answers. - Mayo Widow's Pension.
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Section 50 of the Social Welfare Act 1948 provides that:
"Where
(a) a widow's (non-contributory) pension which includes any child's (non-contributory) allowance has ceased to include such allowance, and
(b) the widow to whom such pension was granted has not at the date of such cesser attained the age of forty-seven years and six months,
such pension shall cease to be payable on the expiration of six months after the date of such cesser, without prejudice however to the regrant of a widow's (non-contributory) pension to her when she attains the age of forty-eight years."
The widow in question was in receipt of a pension which included an allowance for a child up to the 2nd November, 1959, when the child reached the age of 16. She had not then attained the age of forty-seven years and six months and accordingly her pension ceased to be payable six months afterwards. The widow will not be 48 until February, 1964.