Social Welfare Act, 2000

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Number 4 of 2000


SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 2000


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I

Preliminary

Section

1.

Short title and construction.

2.

Definitions.

3.

Continuance of instruments.

PART II

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).

PART III

Carer's Benefit

10.

Carer's benefit.

11.

Amendments consequential on section 10.

12.

Commencement (Part III).

PART IV

Widowed Parent Grant

13.

Widowed parent grant.

14.

Amendments consequential on section 13.

15.

Application of provisions.

PART V

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.

PART VI

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.

PART VII

Amendment of Health Contributions Act, 1979

34.

Amendment of Health Contributions Act, 1979.

PART VIII

Amendment of Pensions Act, 1990

35.

Increases to pensions in payment.

36.

Repeal.

SCHEDULE A

SCHEDULE B

SCHEDULE C

SCHEDULE D

SCHEDULE E

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: