Social Welfare Act, 1957

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Number 8 of 1957.


SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1957.


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Increase of rates of old age pensions.

2.

Increase of rates of unemployment assistance.

3.

Increase of rates of widows' (non-contributory) pensions.

4.

Short title and collective citations.


Acts Referred to

Social Welfare Act, 1952

No. 11 of 1952

Social Welfare Act, 1955

No. 11 of 1955

Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933

No. 46 of 1933

Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935

No. 29 of 1935

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Number 8 of 1957.


SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1957.


AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR INCREASES IN THE RATES OF PENSIONS UNDER THE OLD AGE PENSIONS ACTS, 1908 TO 1955, UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE UNDER THE UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE ACTS, 1933 TO 1952, AND WIDOWS' (NON-CONTRIBUTORY) PENSIONS UNDER THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSIONS ACTS, 1935 TO 1955. [12th June, 1957.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—