Social Welfare Act, 2000

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Number 4 of 2000

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 2000

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Preliminary

Section
1.	Short title and construction.
2.	Definitions.
3.	Continuance of instruments.

Increases

4.	Social insurance benefits (new rates).
5.	Social assistance payments (new rates).
6.	Child benefit (new rates).
7.	Family income supplement (new weekly rates).
8.	Employment contributions (exemption from payment, new rates of contributions and increases in earnings ceilings).
9.	Self-employment contributions (increase in income ceiling).

Carer's Benefit

10.	Carer's benefit.
11.	Amendments consequential on section 10.
12.	Commencement (Part III).

Widowed Parent Grant

13.	Widowed parent grant.
14.	Amendments consequential on section 13.
15.	Application of provisions.

Improvements in Social Welfare Schemes

16.	Pensions for certain persons who entered insurance prior to 1953.
17.	Assessment of means — improvements in assessment of property (capital).
18.	Farm assist — improvements in assessment of income.
19.	Assessment of means — fishermen.
20.	Child dependants — retention of full-rate increase.
21.	Disability allowance — improvements.
22.	Carer's allowance — increase in respite care grant.
23.	Return of contributions — maintenance arrangements.
24.	One-parent family payment — saver provision.
25.	Payments after death — improvements.
26.	Supplementary welfare allowance — income disregards.
27.	Entitlement to unemployment assistance.

Miscellaneous Provisions

28.	Carer's allowance — miscellaneous provisions.
29.	Social Insurance Fund — expenditure on benefit.
30.	Blind pension — increases for one of a couple.
31.	Supplementary welfare allowance — transfer of functions.
32.	Exchange of public service data.
33.	Repeal.

Amendment of Health Contributions Act, 1979

34.	Amendment of Health Contributions Act, 1979.

Amendment of Pensions Act, 1990

35.	Increases to pensions in payment.
36.	Repeal.

Acts Referred to

	Education Act, 1998	1998, No. 51
	Fire Services Act, 1981	1981, No. 30
	Health Act, 1970	1970, No. 1
	Health Contributions Act, 1979	1979, No. 4
	Health (Provision of Information) Act, 1997	1997, No. 9
	Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1992	1992, No. 18
	Local Government Act, 1941	1941, No. 23
	National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1952
	Pensions Act, 1990	1990, No. 25
	Regional Technical Colleges Acts, 1992 to 1999
	Social Welfare Act, 1990	1990, No. 5
	Social Welfare Act, 1995	1995, No. 3
	Social Welfare Act, 1996	1996, No. 7
	Social Welfare Act, 1997	1997, No. 10
	Social Welfare Act, 1998	1998, No. 6
	Social Welfare Act, 1999	1999, No. 3
	Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981	1981, No. 1
	Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993	1993, No. 27
	Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1995	1995, No. 23
	Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997	1997, No. 39
	Universities Act, 1997	1997, No. 24
	Vocational Education Act, 1930	1930, No. 29

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Number 4 of 2000

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 2000

AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACTS, SECTION 7A OF THE HEALTH CONTRIBUTIONS ACT, 1979, AND THE PENSIONS ACT, 1990.

[29th March, 2000]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: