Social Welfare Act, 1989

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Number 4 of 1989

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1989

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Preliminary

Section
1.	Short title, construction and collective citation.
2.	Definitions.

Increases

3.	Social insurance benefits (new rates).
4.	Social assistance payments (new rates).
5.	Child benefit.
6.	Widower’s (non-contributory) pension and deserted husband’s allowance.
7.	Definition of “qualified child”.
8.	Pay-related social insurance contributions (increase in earnings ceiling)
9.	Self-employment contributions (increase in earnings ceiling).
10.	Pay-related benefit.
11.	Discontinuance of non-urban rates of unemployment assistance.

Liability to Maintain Family

12.	Insertion of Part X in Principal Act (Liability to maintain family), repeals.
13.	Amendment of Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976.

Miscellaneous Amendments

14.	Option of claiming benefit or assistance in certain circumstances.
15.	Payments by a health board in respect of children boarded out to be exempt from calculation of means.
16.	Regulations to enable persons to be appointed to receive and deal with benefit or assistance.
17.	Amendment of Part I of First Schedule to Principal Act (employments for the purposes of section 5 of Principal Act).
18.	Garda Síochána to be covered under occupational injuries insurance.
19.	Notification by employer etc. of commencement of employment.
20.	Evidence of records, computer readouts, photocopies, microfilms and copies of original documents in proceedings.
21.	Records of employees produced to inspectors to be prima facie evidence.
22.	Employers to reimburse Minister for benefit etc. falsely obtained through collusion.
23.	Regulations under section 17D of Principal Act.
24.	Pre-retirement allowance.
25.	Amendment of section 79 (12) of Principal Act (conditions for receipt of old age (contributory) pension).
26.	Application of the provisions of the Principal Act, etc. by regulations.
27.	Overlapping benefits.
28.	Amendment of section 29 (4) (title to benefit) and section 138 (1) (b) (statutory conditions for assistance) of Principal Act.
29.	Sanction of Minister for Finance in relation to certain regulations.
30.	Prescribed relative allowance may by regulations be paid directly to prescribed relative.
31.	Disqualification for receipt of benefit.

SCHEDULE A

SCHEDULE B

Acts Referred to
Central Bank Act, 1971	1971, No. 24
Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976	1976, No. 11
Garda Síochána (Compensation) Acts, 1941 and 1945
Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) Act, 1982	1982, No. 6
National Archives Act, 1986	1986, No. 11
Social Welfare Act, 1973	1973, No. 10
Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981	1981, No. 1
Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1981	1981, No. 3
Social Welfare Act, 1982	1982, No. 2
Social Welfare Act, 1983	1983, No. 3
Social Welfare Act, 1984	1984, No. 5
Social Welfare Act, 1985	1985, No. 5
Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1985	1985, No. 14
Social Welfare Act, 1986	1986, No. 8
Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1987	1987, No. 29
Social Welfare Act, 1988	1988, No. 7
Social Welfare Acts, 1981 to 1988
Status of Children Act, 1987	1987, No. 26

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Number 4 of 1989

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1989

AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACTS, 1981 TO 1988, AND THE FAMILY LAW (MAINTENANCE OF SPOUSES AND CHILDREN) ACT, 1976 . [26th March, 1989]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: