AI Summary of 60. Rates of adoptive benefit.
This section outlines the weekly rate of adoptive benefit contingent upon the claim date relative to 6 January 2014. For claims initiated prior to this date, the benefit is determined by the greater value among 80% of the claimant's reckonable earnings or emoluments, comparable illness benefit, or any prescribed amount. Conversely, for claims starting on or after 6 January 2014, the benefit equals the greater of the potential illness benefit or a fixed sum of €289.
The terms 'reckonable weekly earnings', 'reckonable weekly emoluments', and 'reckonable weekly income' denote average weekly amounts calculated per regulations, with provisions for prescribed limits.
60. Rates of adoptive benefit.
(1) Subject to this Act, the weekly rate of adoptive benefit shall be -
(a) in the case of a claim for adoptive benefit where the first day in respect of which benefit is payable is before 6 January 2014, an amount equal to the greater of -
(i) 80 per cent of the reckonable weekly earnings, reckonable weekly emoluments or reckonable weekly income, as the case may be, of the woman to whom the benefit is payable in the income tax year prescribed for the purposes of this section, or
(ii) the amount of illness benefit, including any increases of that benefit, which the woman would otherwise receive if she was entitled to that benefit, or
(iii) any amount that shall be prescribed, for the purposes of this paragraph,
or
(b) in the case of a claim for adoptive benefit where the first day in respect of which benefit is payable is on or after 6 January 2014, an amount equal to the greater of -