Social Welfare Act, 1952

Overlapping pensions, etc.

75.—(1) Regulations may, with respect to cases in which two or more of the following, that is to say, any benefit, pension, allowance or assistance under the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1952, the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1952, the Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1920 to 1952, the Unemployment Assistance Acts, 1933 to 1952, the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1952, or the Children's Allowances Acts, 1944 and 1946, are payable to a person, provide for adjusting any benefit, pension, allowance or assistance such as aforesaid (including disallowing payment thereof wholly or partly) that may be payable to such person.

For the purposes of this subsection—

(i) an increase of benefit may be regarded as a separate benefit, and

(ii) any benefit, pension, allowance or assistance payable in respect of a person may be regarded as benefit, pension, allowance or assistance payable to such person.

(2) Regulations may provide for the recoupment from moneys provided by the Oireachtas to a public assistance authority of sums (or such portion thereof as may be prescribed) paid by way of home assistance in respect of periods during which any pension, allowance or assistance under the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1952, the Unemployment Assistance Acts, 1933 to 1952, or the Children's Allowances Acts, 1944 and 1946, was not received.