Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 section 121

Rate of pension

Section 121 sets out the weekly rate of invalidity pension and the additional increases payable for dependants and certain personal circumstances.

• The basic weekly rate of invalidity pension is €259.50.
• Additional amounts are payable for a qualified adult (€185.40) and for qualified children (€58.00 for each child under 12; €78.00 for each child aged 12 or over).
• Further increases apply where the recipient lives alone (€22.00), has reached age 80 (€20.00), or ordinarily resides on an island off the coast of Ireland.
• An extra €83.00 is payable where a qualified adult reached pensionable age before 2 January 2014.