The Gazette 1991

GAZETTE

DECEMBER 1991

The Late District Justice Sean O'Hanrahan

CMLR 94, 141. See Whyte ed. Sex Equality, Community Rights and Irish Social Welfare Law, ICEL No. 2

C o u r t has also held t h a t " I n a p p l y i ng n a t i o n al l aw a nd p a r t i c u l a r ly t h o s e p r o v i s i o ns of n a t i o n al l aw e s pe c i a l ly intro- d u c e d t o g i v e e f f e c t t o a Directive, t h e n a t i o n al c o u rt is b o u n d t o i n t r ep r et its n a t i o n al l aw in t he light of t he t e xt a nd of t h e a i m of t he D i r e c t i ve t o r e a ch t h e result e n v i s a g ed by A r t i c le 1 89 (3) of t h e T r e a t y . 2 3 " M e m b e r S t a t es t o rely o n t i me limits w h e r e t he M e m b er S t a te had n o t c o r r e c t ly i m p l e m e n t ed t h e D i r e c t i ve w i ll ma ke it mo re d i f f i c u lt f or d e f a u l t i ng M e m b e r S t a t es t o r enege o n t he ir o b l i g a t i o ns u n d er EC D i r e c t i v es a nd w i ll i n c r ea se t h e e f f e c t i v e n e ss of t h i s f o r m of C o mm u n i t y l e g i s l a t i o n . 2 4 • NOTES 1. Article 2 of the Directive. 2. Article 3 of the Directive. In accordance with Article 3(2) the Directive does not apply to survivors or family benefits. 3. Social Welfare Act, 1986 and the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1985 (Section 6 ) (Commencement) Order, 1986 - S.I. No. 173 of 1986. 4 . Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1985 (Commencement) Order - S.I. No. 365 of 1986. This legislative change also allowed married women to claim unemployment assistance. 5. Sections 3 and 4 of the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1985; Social Welfare (Normal Residence) Regulations, 1986 - S.I. No. 367 of 1986; Social Welfare (Adult Dependant) Regulations, 1986 - S.I. No. 369 of 1986. Briefly, these provisions provided that a spouse was to be treated as an adult dependant only if s/he was neither in receipt of a social welfare payment in his or her own right nor had an earned income of more than £50 (now £55) per week. Where the spouse of a married claimant was not dependent on him or her, the claimant received only half the relevant child dependant allowance. 6 . Social Welfare (Preservation of Rights) (No. 2) Regulations - S.I. No. 422 of 1986 - subsequently amended and extended on several occasions. 7. Case 286/85 McDermott & Cotter - v- Minister for Social Welfare and the Attorney General [ 1987] E.C.R. 1453. 8 . Following its judgment in Case 71/85 Netherlands -v FNV [1986] E.C.R. 3855. 9. Mc.Dermott -v- Minister for Social T h e d e c i s i on of t h e C o u rt in t h e Emmott c a se t o r e f u se t o a l l ow

1 0. Case C - 3 7 7 / 89

Cotter

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McDermott

-v- Minister for Social

Welfare and the Attorney General, Judgment of 13 March 1991 not yet reported. See Whyte and O'Dell, Welfare, Women and Unjust Enrichment - Cotter McDermott No. 2 I.L.J, forthcoming. 11. Fn. 9 supra. 1 2. Point 19 of the judgement. 13. Point 21. 14. Points 24 and 25. 1 5. Irish Times 10 June, 1991. 1 6\ Case C-208/90 Emmott-v- Minister for Social Welfare and the Attorney General, Judgement of 25 July, 1991 not yet reported. 1 7. Case 33/76 Rewe-Zentralfinanz AG and Rewe-Zentral AG -v- Landwirtschaftskammer fur das Saarland [1976] E.C.R. 1989 and Case 199/82 Amministrazione delle Finanze del to Stato -v- San Giogio SpA [1983] E.C.R. 3595. 1 8 . Opinion of Advocate General Mischo 23 April, 1991. 1 9 . Point 17 of the judgement. 2 0 . Points 18 and 19. 2 1. Points 21 and 22. 2 2. Case 8/81 Becker [ 1982] E.C.R. 53. 2 3. Case 80/86 Kilpinghuis Nijmegen [1987] E.C.R. 3969. 2 4 . See also the judgment of the Court in Case C - 3 1 / 90 Johnson, Judgement of 11 July, 1991, not yet reported, in which the Court held that national legislation which made entitlement to a benefit subject to the submission of a claim in respect of a previous discriminatory benefit which had since been abolished and which, in practice, many female claimants would not have been entitled to, was in breach of the Directive. • Den i s C. Gu e r in New York Attorney at Law Solicitor Law Society Dublin (Admitted 1981) Native Killarney, County Kerry. Legal A d v i ce and A s s i s t a n ce on Wills, I nhe r i t an c e s, Family Sea r c he s, t h r o u g h o ut the U.S.A. Spe c i a l i s i ng in I mm i g r a t i o n, Personal Injury, P r o p e r ty T r ansac t i ons, Divorces, Wills, etc.

This photograph of the late District Justice Sean O'Hanrahan (23 January, 1889 - 13th November, 1955) was supplied by his widow, Maire O'Hanrahan, with the following caption:- "District Justices appointed by the Provisional Government in 1922 were made permanent in 1924 and then wore the cap and gown shown in the photograph. The cap was discarded after a few years". Solicitors Walk for M.S. Last May, f o ur s o l i c i t o rs w e re a m o n g 6 7 p e o p le f r om all over Ireland w h o s et o u t o n a 2 0 0 mile w a l k f or 14 d a ys in N o r t h e rn Sp a in in order t o raise m o n ey f or t he M u l t i p l e S c l e r o s is S o c i e t y of Ireland. T h e f o ur solicitors, J o h n L i nd s ay a nd J a m e s C o n l on f r om Dub l i n, D e r m ot Mo r r i s s e y - Mu r p hy f r om L i me r i ck a nd Ray He n n e s sy f r om Cork, ea ch raised over £ 2 , 0 0 0 in m u c h needed s pon s o r s h ip for t he So c i e t y. T h e w a l k t o o k t h e g r o up over o ne of t h e m o s t s p e c t a c u l ar a n d h i s t o r i c al r eg i ons of Sp a in a c r o ss t h e C a n t a b r i an M o u n t a i ns a nd t h r o u g h t h e a n c i e nt c i t i es of Pamp l o na a nd Leon. T h e Mu l t i p le Sc l e r o s is S o c i e ty is o r g a n i s i ng a n o t h er Sp a n i sh w a l k n e xt year. A n y s o l i c i t or w h o w o u l d like t o j o in t h e g r o up ma y o b t a in f u r t h e r i n f o r ma t i on f r om Lorna Mitchell of t h e Mu l t i p le Sc l e r o s is So c i e t y, 2 S a n d y m o u nt Green, Du b l in 4. Tel: 01 - 2 6 9 4 5 9 9 . •

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