Social Welfare Act, 1991

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Section

1.

Short title, construction and collective citation.

2.

Interpretation.

3.

Social insurance benefits (new rates).

4.

Social assistance payments (new rates).

5.

Child benefit.

6.

Definition of “qualified child”.

7.

Family income supplement.

8.

Carer's allowance.

9.

Payments after death.

10.

Repeal.

11.

Minimum payment of unemployment assistance.

12.

Pay-related social insurance contributions (increase in earnings ceilings).

13.

Increase in earnings ceiling and minimum contributions payable by self-employed contributors.

14.

Self-employment contributions.

15.

Voluntary contributions by self-employed contributors.

16.

Pay-related benefit.

17.

Conditions for receipt of benefit.

18.

Amendment of section 19 of Principal Act (conditions for receipt).

19.

Amendment of section 30 of Principal Act (conditions for receipt).

20.

Amendment of section 89 of Principal Act (conditions for receipt).

21.

Standardisation of maternity provisions.

22.

Insurability of outworkers and managers of employment offices.

23.

Conditions for receipt of old age (contributory) pension.

24.

Conditions for receipt of retirement pension.

25.

Consequential amendments arising from revised conditions for receipt of old age (contributory) and retirement pensions.

26.

Power to remove difficulties.

27.

Application of Part IV.

28.

Information required by Minister.

29.

Failure to keep records.

30.

Offences.

31.

Employers to keep copies of statements issued under Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act, 1973.

32.

Amendment of section 20 of Act of 1988 (prosecutions).

33.

Furnishing of information to Minister by personal representatives.

34.

Amendment of section 169 of Principal Act (legal proceedings).

35.

Revised decisions.

36.

Employment contributions in a winding-up.

37.

Amendment of section 285 (2) of Companies Act, 1963.

38.

Recovery of sums due to Social Insurance Fund.

39.

Amalgamation of employer's redundancy contribution with employer's social insurance contribution.

40.

Amalgamation of employer's contribution in respect of occupational injuries with employer's social insurance contribution.

41.

Social assistance schemes, means test exemptions.

42.

Waiting days.

43.

Overlapping provisions.

44.

Recoupment of supplementary welfare allowance.

45.

Calculation of supplementary welfare allowance.

46.

Disabled person's maintenance allowance.

47.

Family income supplement (interpretation).

48.

Definition of “spouse”.

49.

Requalification for unemployment benefit.

50.

Entitlement to unemployment benefit and assistance.

51.

Disregarding of means for certain recipients of unemployment assistance.

52.

Linking period in unemployment assistance claims.

53.

Notification of increase of means.

54.

Budgeting in relation to social welfare payments.

55.

Duration of payment of disability benefit.

56.

Assessment of means.

57.

Sanction of Minister for Finance in relation to certain regulations.

58.

Repeals.

59.

Regulations in relation to benefit or assistance.

60.

Borrowing by Board.

61.

Amendment of section 37 of Pensions Act.

62.

Amendment of section 55 of Pensions Act.

63.

Amendment of section 56 of Pensions Act.

64.

Amendment of Third Schedule to Pensions Act.

Acts Referred to

Companies Act, 1963

1963, No. 33

Companies Acts, 1963 to 1990

Defence Forces (Pensions) Acts, 1932 to 1975

Finance Act, 1986

1986, No. 13

Health Act, 1947

1947, No. 28

Health Act, 1970

1970, No. 1

Local Government Act, 1941

1941, No. 23

Maternity Protection of Employees Act, 1981

1981, No. 2

Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act, 1973

1973, No. 4

Pensions Act, 1990

1990, No. 25

Protection of Employees (Employer's Insolvency) Act, 1984

1984, No. 21

Protection of Employees (Employer's Insolvency) Acts, 1984 and 1990

Redundancy Payments Act, 1967

1967, No. 21

Redundancy Payments Act, 1979

1979, No. 7

Redundancy Payments Acts, 1967 to 1990

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. 6

Social Welfare Act, 1984

1984, No. 5

Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1985

1985, No. 14

Social Welfare Act, 1986

1986, No. 8

Social Welfare Act, 1987

1987, No. 2

Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1987

1987, No. 29

Social Welfare Act, 1988

1988, No. 7

Social Welfare Act, 1989

1989, No. 4

Social Welfare Act, 1990

1990, No. 5

Social Welfare Acts, 1981 to 1990