Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 4, to delete lines 6 to 37, and in page 5, to delete line 1 and substitute the following:“(b) by the substitution of the following for subsection (3):

“(3) The gross income limits for the purposes of this section and section 45(5A) are the following:

(a) in respect of the period commencing on 1 January 2009 and ending on 4 April 2013—

(i) if a person—

(I) is not married,

(II) is not living together with another person as husband and wife, and

(III) does not have a civil partner,

his or her gross income limit is €700 per week, not including the income from the portion of the person’s savings or similar investments whose capital value does not exceed €36,000, and

(ii) if persons—

(I) are married,

(II) live together as husband and wife, or

(III) are civil partners as respects each other,

their combined gross income limit is €1,400 per week, not including the income from the portion of their savings or similar investments whose capital value does not exceed €72,000,

(b) in respect of the period commencing on 5 April 2013 and ending on 31 December 2013—

(i) if a person—

(I) is not married,

(II) is not living together with another person as husband and wife, and

(III) does not have a civil partner,

his or her gross income limit is €600 per week, not including the income from the portion of the person’s savings or similar investments whose capital value does not exceed €36,000, and

(ii) if persons—

(I) are married,

(II) live together as husband and wife, or

(III) are civil partners as respects each other,

their combined gross income limit is €1,200 per week, not including the income from the portion of their savings or similar investments whose capital value does not exceed €72,000, and

(c) with effect from 1 January 2014—

(i) if a person—

(I) is not married,

(II) is not living together with another person as husband and wife, and

(III) does not have a civil partner,

his or her gross income limit is €500 per week, not including the income from the portion of the person’s savings or similar investments whose capital value does not exceed €36,000, and

(ii) if persons—

(I) are married,

(II) live together as husband and wife, or

(III) are civil partners as respects each other,

their combined gross income limit is €900 per week, not including the income from the portion of their savings or similar investments whose capital value does not exceed €72,000.”.”.

See this speech in context