Social Welfare Act, 1985

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Number 5 of 1985

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1985

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section
1.	Definitions.
2.	Social insurance benefits (new rates).
3.	Social assistance payments (new rates).
4.	Family income supplement.
5.	Amendment of section 73 of Principal Act (pay-related benefit).
6.	Pay-related social insurance contributions (increase in earnings ceiling).
7.	Amendment of Part I of First Schedule to Principal Act (Employments).
8.	Amendment of section 7 of Principal Act (Modified insurance).
9.	Amendment of section 38 of Principal Act (insurable (occupational injuries) employment).
10.	Amendment of Part II of First Schedule to Principal Act (Excepted Employments).
11.	Amendment of section 135 of Principal Act (Interpretation, Part III, Chapter 2).
12.	Increase of fines.
13.	Appointment and duties of social welfare officers (Part III, Chapter 2).
14.	Limitation of benefits by pre-accident earnings.
15.	Short title, construction and collective citation.

Acts Referred to
Industrial Relations Act, 1946	1946, No. 26
Social Welfare Act, 1983	1983, No. 6
Social Welfare Act, 1984	1984, No. 5
Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981	1981, No. 1

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Number 5 of 1985

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1985

AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACTS, 1981 TO 1984. [28th March, 1985]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: