Social Welfare Act, 1978

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Number 5 of 1978


SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1978


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Definitions.

2.

Old age pensions (new rates).

3.

Old age pensions (modification of residence condition).

4.

Unemployment assistance (new rates).

5.

Unemployment assistance (removal of special conditions applying to certain women).

6.

Unemployment assistance (removal of special conditions applying to certain women for entitlement to qualification certificates).

7.

Widows' (non-contributory) pensions, deserted wife's allowances, social assistance allowance for unmarried mothers and prisoner's wife's allowance (new rates).

8.

Widows' (non-contributory) pensions (removal of two-year residence condition).

9.

Orphan's (non-contributory) pensions (new rates).

10.

Single woman's allowance (new rates).

11.

Old age (care) allowance (new rate).

12.

Supplementary welfare allowance (new rates).

13.

Supplementary welfare allowance (extension of meaning of meaning of “adult dependant”).

14.

Social insurance benefits (new rates).

15.

Unemployment benefit (increase of certain rates).

16.

Extension of definition of “orphan” in Act of 1935 and Act of 1952.

17.

Employment contributions (new rates).

18.

Voluntary contributions (new rates).

19.

Occupational injuries (new rates of benefits and contributions).

20.

Occupational injuries (special increase for pensioners living alone).

21.

Power to pay old age pension pending certain decisions, on determination of social welfare officer.

22.

Removal of power to recover old age pension overpayments by deduction from payments due to another person.

23.

Short title, construction and collective citation.

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Number 5 of 1978


SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1978


AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE OLD AGE PENSIONS ACTS, 1908 TO 1977, THE UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE ACTS, 1933 TO 1977, THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSIONS ACTS, 1935 TO 1977, AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACTS, 1952 TO 1977. [21st March, 1978]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: