Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003

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Number 4 of 2003


SOCIAL WELFARE (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2003


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART 1

Short Title, Construction, Collective Citation and Commencement

Section

1.

Short title, construction, collective citation and commencement.

PART 2

Amendments to the Social Welfare Acts

2.

Definitions.

3.

Child benefit (new rates).

4.

Respite care grant — increase.

5.

Qualified child — extension of entitlement.

6.

Island allowance — improvements.

7.

Payments after death — improvements.

8.

Assessment of means — amendments.

9.

Orphan's payments — amendment.

10.

Personal public service number — extension of provisions.

11.

Award of child benefit in certain cases.

12.

Amendments consequential on alignment of income tax year with calendar year.

13.

Supplementary welfare allowance — amendment to conditions of entitlement.

14.

Conditions for grant of supplementary welfare allowance — amendment.

15.

Grant of supplementary welfare allowance in cases of urgency — amendment.

16.

Amendments to section 2 of Principal Act.

17.

Employment contributions — amendment.

18.

Employment contributions — amendment to payment of contribution and keeping of records.

19.

Employed contributors and insured persons — agency workers.

PART 3

Miscellaneous Amendments

20.

Amendments to Health Contributions Act 1979.

21.

Amendments to National Training Fund Act 2000.

22.

Amendment of Ombudsman Act 1980.

23.

Amendments to Freedom of Information Act 1997.

24.

Amendments to Pensions Act 1990.

SCHEDULE

Amendments to Pensions Act 1990


Acts Referred to

Aliens Act 1935

1935, No. 14

Education Act 1998

1998, No. 51

Employment Agency Act 1971

1971, No. 27

Employment Equality Act 1998

1998, No. 21

Freedom of Information Act 1997

1997, No. 13

Health Contributions Act 1979

1979, No. 4

Higher Education Authority Act 1971

1971, No. 22

Insurance Act 1989

1989, No. 3

Maternity Protection Act 1994

1994, No. 34

National Training Fund Act 2000

2000, No. 41

Ombudsman Act 1980

1980, No. 26

Ombudsman for Children Act 2002

2002, No. 22

Payment of Wages Act 1991

1991, No. 25

Pensions Act 1990

1990, No. 25

Pensions (Amendment) Act 2002

2002, No. 18

Pensions Acts 1990 to 2002

Refugee Act 1996

1996, No. 17

Social Welfare Act 1993

1993, No. 5

Social Welfare Act 1996

1996, No. 7

Social Welfare Act 1997

1997, No. 10

Social Welfare Act 1999

1999, No. 3

Social Welfare Act 2000

2000, No. 4

Social Welfare Act 2001

2001, No. 5

Social Welfare Act 2002

2002, No. 31

Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1993

1993, No. 27

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002

2002, No. 8

Social Welfare (No. 2) Act 1993

1993, No. 32

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997

1997, No. 39

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Number 4 of 2003


SOCIAL WELFARE (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2003


AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACTS, THE HEALTH CONTRIBUTIONS ACT 1979, THE NATIONAL TRAINING FUND ACT 2000, THE OMBUDSMAN ACT 1980, THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1997 AND THE PENSIONS ACT 1990. [28th March, 2003]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: