(1) Section 186B (inserted by section 15 of the Act of 2008) of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following definition:

"'medical assessor' means an officer of the Minister who is a registered medical practitioner;".

(2) The Principal Act is amended by substituting the following section for section 186C (as amended by section 19 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008):

"186C.

(1) A person who has not attained the age of 16 years (in this section referred to as the 'child') is a qualified child for the purposes of the payment of domiciliary care allowance where -

(a) the child has a severe disability requiring continual or continuous care and attention substantially in excess of the care and attention normally required by a child of the same age,

(b) the level of disability caused by that severe disability is such that the child is likely to require full-time care and attention for at least 12 consecutive months,

(c) the child -

(i) is ordinarily resident in the State, or

(ii) satisfies the requirements of section 219(2),

and