(1)

(a) Section 249 shall not operate to disqualify a person for receiving any occupational injuries benefit (including, subject to paragraph (b), any increases thereof) in respect of any period during which the person is detained (other than in the case of a person found not guilty by reason of insanity under the provisions of the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 (No. 11 of 2006)) in any institution for the treatment of mental illness or infectious disease.

(b) No increase in respect of a qualified child shall be payable to a person to whom paragraph (a) applies.

(2)

(a) Subject to paragraph (b), a person shall not be disqualified for receiving disablement benefit (other than any increase thereof) for any period during which he or she is undergoing imprisonment or detention in legal custody.

(b) The amount of disablement benefit payable by virtue of paragraph (a) by way of any disablement pension or pensions in respect of any period, other than a period in respect of which that person is excepted from disqualification by virtue of the provisions of sub-article (1), during which that person is and has continuously been undergoing imprisonment or detention in legal custody shall not exceed in the aggregate the amount of €3,000 or the total amount payable by way of such pension or all such pensions for a period of one year, whichever is the lesser amount.