Social Welfare Act, 1984

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Appointment duties of social welfare officers.

19.—(1) The Minister may, with the sanction of the Minister for the Public Service, appoint such and so many persons as he thinks fit to be social welfare officers for the purposes of Chapter 3 of Part III of the Principal Act.

(2) Every officer so appointed shall investigate into and report to the Minister upon every claim for or in respect of an old age pension and any question arising out of or in relation to such pension which may be referred to him by the Minister.