(1) Subject to this Act, in this Chapter -
"carer" means a person who resides with and provides full-time care and attention to a relevant pensioner;
"prescribed relative" means a prescribed relative within the meaning of the Social Welfare (Prescribed Relative Allowance) Regulations, 1989 (S.I. No. 361 of 1989);
"prescribed relative allowance" means an increase for a prescribed relative under section 50(11), 51(2)(a), 81(3), 86(3), 91(3), 95(2), 103(2), 162(1)(a) or 179(a) of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 or under regulations applying the provisions of section 179(a) of that Act;
"relevant pensioner" means a person (other than a person in receipt of a payment in respect of need for constant attendance under section 57) who is so incapacitated as to require full-time care and attention, and who - (a) is in receipt of - (i) old age (contributory) pension, (ii) invalidity pension, (iii) old age (non-contributory) pension, (iv) blind pension, (v) disa