Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005

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Number 26 of 2005

SOCIAL WELFARE CONSOLIDATION ACT 2005

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Preliminary

Section
1.	Short title.
2.	Interpretation.
3.	Interpretation generally.
4.	Regulations.
5.	Expenses.

PART 2

Social Insurance

Chapter 1

Social Insurance Fund

6.	Sources of moneys for benefits.
7.	Social Insurance Fund — expenditure on benefit.
8.	Social Insurance Fund — payments to National Training Fund.
9.	Social Insurance Fund.
10.	Actuarial review.
11.	Payments from Fund for acquisition of land, etc.

Chapter 2

Employed Contributors and Employment Contributions

12.	Employed contributors and insured persons.
13.	Employment contributions.
14.	Modified insurance.
15.	Calculation of reckonable earnings.
16.	Employment by more than one employer.
17.	Payment of contributions and keeping of records.
18.	Priority debts to Social Insurance Fund in a company winding-up.
19.	Winding-up and bankruptcy.

Chapter 3

Self-Employed Contributors and Self-Employment Contributions

20.	Self-employed contributors and insured persons.
21.	Rates of self-employment contributions and related matters.
22.	Regulations providing for determination of contributions payable.
23.	Regulations providing for collection of self-employment contributions, etc.

Chapter 4

Voluntary Contributors and Voluntary Contributions

24.	Voluntary contributors.
25.	Voluntary contributions by former employed contributors.
26.	Voluntary contributions by former self-employed contributors.
27.	Calculation of voluntary contributions.

Chapter 5

Optional Contributors and Optional Contributions

28.	Optional contributors and optional contributions.
29.	Rates of optional contributions and related matters.
30.	Regulations providing for determination of optional contributions payable and related matters.

Chapter 6

General

31.	Employment outside State.
32.	Regulations varying rates and amounts of contributions.
33.	Exceptions and credits.
34.	Return of contributions paid in error.
35.	Return of contributions where entry into insurance occurs after specified age.
36.	Return of employment contributions — master or seaman.
37.	Return of contributions — maintenance arrangements.
38.	Return of contributions — payments to personal pensions.

Chapter 7

Description of Benefits

39.	Description of benefits.

Chapter 8

Disability Benefit

40.	Entitlement to benefit.
41.	Conditions for receipt.
42.	Rate of benefit.
43.	Increases for qualified adult and qualified children.
44.	Duration of payment.
45.	Duration of payment (optional contributors).
46.	Disqualifications.

Chapter 9

Maternity Benefit

47.	Entitlement to and duration of benefit.
48.	Conditions for receipt.
49.	Rate of benefit.
50.	Disqualifications.
51.	Supplementary provisions.

Chapter 10

Health and Safety Benefit

52.	Entitlement to benefit.
53.	Conditions for receipt.
54.	Duration of payment.
55.	Rate of benefit.
56.	Increases for qualified adult and qualified children.
57.	Disqualifications.

Chapter 11

Adoptive Benefit

58.	Entitlement to and duration of adoptive benefit.
59.	Conditions for receipt.
60.	Rates of adoptive benefit.
61.	Disqualification.

Chapter 12

Unemployment Benefit

62.	Entitlement to benefit.
63.	Condition for receipt (optional contributors).
64.	Conditions for receipt.
65.	Rate of benefit.
66.	Increases for qualified adult and qualified children.
67.	Duration of payment.
68.	Disqualifications.

Chapter 13

Occupational Injuries Benefits

69.	Interpretation.
70.	Occupational injuries insurance.
71.	Insurable (occupational injuries) employment.
72.	Extension of meaning of references to accidents arising out of and in course of employment.
73.	Accidents in illegal employment and accidents outside State.
74.	Injury benefit.
75.	Disablement benefit.
76.	Increase of injury benefit and disablement pension for qualified adult and qualified children.
77.	Increase of disablement pension on account of unemployability.
78.	Increase of disablement pension where constant attendance needed.
79.	Adjustments for successive accidents.
80.	Entitlement to death benefit.
81.	Death benefit for widows and widowers and increases for qualified children, etc.
82.	Death benefit — parents.
83.	Death benefit — orphans.
84.	Death benefit — funeral expenses.
85.	Supplements to workmen’s compensation payments.
86.	Cost of medical care.
87.	Insurance against prescribed diseases and injuries not caused by accident.
88.	Notice of accidents.
89.	Reporting of accidents by employers.
90.	Declaration that accident is an occupational accident.
91.	Disqualifications for injury benefit or disablement benefit and suspension of proceedings.
92.	Treating person as incapable of work, etc.
93.	Medical treatment.
94.	Rehabilitation.
95.	Research.
96.	Taking account of benefit in assessing damages.
97.	Saver for repeal of Workmen’s Compensation Acts.
98.	Construction of certain references in Local Government (Superannuation) Act 1956.

Chapter 14

Carer’s Benefit

99.	Interpretation.
100.	Entitlement to benefit.
101.	Conditions for receipt.
102.	Rate of benefit.
103.	Duration of payment.
104.	Medical examination.
105.	Payment of benefit.
106.	Disqualification.
107.	Regulations.

Chapter 15

Old Age (Contributory) Pension

108.	Entitlement to pension.
109.	Conditions for receipt.
110.	Disregard of self-employment contributions in certain cases.
111.	Rate of pension.
112.	Increases (including increases for qualified adult and qualified children).
113.	Pre-1953 pension.

Chapter 16

Retirement Pension

114.	Entitlement to pension.
115.	Conditions for receipt.
116.	Rate of pension.
117.	Increases (including increases for qualified adult and qualified children).

Chapter 17

Invalidity Pension

118.	Entitlement to pension.
119.	Conditions for receipt.
120.	Contributions paid under the National Health Insurance Acts.
121.	Rate of pension.
122.	Increases (including increases for qualified adult and qualified children).

Chapter 18

Widow’s (Contributory) Pension or Widower’s (Contributory) Pension

123.	Interpretation.
124.	Entitlement to pension.
125.	Conditions for receipt.
126.	Rate of pension.
127.	Increases (including increases for qualified children).
128.	Disregard of self-employment contributions in certain cases.
129.	Certain claims.

Chapter 19

Orphan’s (Contributory) Allowance

130.	Entitlement to allowance.
131.	Condition for receipt.
132.	Rate of allowance.
133.	Payment of allowance.

Chapter 20

Bereavement Grant

134.	Entitlement to grant.
135.	Conditions for receipt.
136.	Amount of grant.

Chapter 21

Widowed Parent Grant

137.	Entitlement to grant.

Chapter 22

Treatment Benefit

138.	General provisions as to benefit.

PART 3

Social Assistance

Chapter 1

Description of Social Assistance

139.	Description of assistance.

Chapter 2

Unemployment Assistance

140.	Interpretation.
141.	Entitlement to assistance.
142.	Rates of assistance and effect of means on rates.
143.	Regulations.
144.	Total amount payable to a couple.
145.	Certain claims.
146.	Amount of increases payable in respect of qualified child in certain cases.
147.	Disqualifications.
148.	Disqualifications — attending a course of study.

Chapter 3

Pre-Retirement Allowance

149.	Entitlement to allowance.
150.	Rate of allowance (including increases for qualified adult and qualified children).
151.	Regulations.

Chapter 4

Old Age (Non-Contributory) Pension

152.	Interpretation.
153.	Entitlement to pension.
154.	Statutory conditions.
155.	Special conditions for receipt of pension.
156.	Rate of pension and increase for qualified child.
157.	Increases (including increase for one of a couple).
158.	Amount of increases payable in respect of qualified child normally resident with beneficiary.
159.	Rate of pension for persons in receipt of farm assist.
160.	Disqualifications.

Chapter 5

Blind Pension

161.	Entitlement to pension.

Chapter 6

Widow’s (Non-Contributory) Pension, Widower’s (Non-Contributory) Pension and Orphan’s (Non-Contributory) Pension

162.	Interpretation.
163.	Entitlement to pension.
164.	Rate of pension.
165.	Increases.
166.	Disqualification.
167.	Avoidance of double pensions.
168.	Entitlement to orphan’s (non-contributory) pension.
169.	Rate of pension.
170.	Civil proceedings.
171.	Payment of pension.

Chapter 7

One-Parent Family Payment

172.	Interpretation.
173.	Entitlement to payment.
174.	Rate of allowance and increases for qualified children.
175.	Disqualification.
176.	Continuation of payment.
177.	Regulations.
178.	Transitional provisions — relevant payments.

Chapter 8

Carer’s Allowance

179.	Interpretation.
180.	Entitlement to allowance.
181.	Rate of allowance.
182.	Payment of allowance.
183.	Prescribed relative allowance.
184.	Entitlement to prescribed relative allowance.
185.	Medical examination.
186.	Regulations.

Chapter 9

Supplementary Welfare Allowance

187.	Interpretation.
188.	Definition of qualified child.
189.	Entitlement to supplementary welfare allowance.
190.	Exclusion of persons receiving full-time education.
191.	Exclusion of persons in full-time employment.
192.	Exclusion of persons not habitually resident in the State.
193.	Persons affected by trade disputes.
194.	Administration.
195.	Conditions for grant of supplementary welfare allowance.
196.	Calculation of supplementary welfare allowance.
197.	Weekly amounts of supplementary welfare allowance for persons of no means.
198.	Weekly or monthly supplements.
199.	Disqualifications.
200.	Allowances in kind.
201.	Power to make single payment for exceptional need.
202.	Grant of supplementary welfare allowance in cases of urgency.
203.	Supplementary welfare allowance granted to persons in receipt of certain Health Service Executive payments.
204.	Recoupment of supplementary welfare allowance.
205.	Recoupment of supplementary welfare allowance (continued).
206.	Arrangements for burials.
207.	Financing of Health Service Executive expenditure on supplementary welfare allowance.
208.	Transfer of certain property.

Chapter 10

Disability Allowance

209.	Interpretation.
210.	Entitlement to allowance.
211.	Rate of allowance (including increases for qualified adult and qualified children).
212.	Disqualification.

Chapter 11

Farm Assist

213.	Interpretation.
214.	Entitlement to allowance.
215.	Rate of allowance (including increases for qualified adult and qualified children).
216.	Amount of payment in respect of qualified child in certain cases.
217.	Total amount payable to a couple.
218.	Disqualifications.

PART 4

Child Benefit

219.	Qualified child.
220.	Qualified person.
221.	Amounts of child benefit.
222.	Exclusion of child benefit for superannuation or pension purposes.
223.	Payments to persons absent from State.

PART 5

Respite Care Grant

224.	Interpretation.
225.	Entitlement to respite care grant.
226.	Medical examination.

PART 6

Family Income Supplement

227.	Interpretation.
228.	Entitlement to supplement.
229.	Rate of supplement.
230.	Period of payment.
231.	Person to whom supplement is payable.
232.	Regulations.
233.	Receipt of claims.

PART 7

Continued Payment for Qualified Children

234.	Entitlement to payment.
235.	Weekly rate of payment.
236.	Period of payment.
237.	Disqualification.
238.	Regulations.

PART 8

EU Payments

239.	Certain EU payments — entitlement to island allowance.

PART 9

General Provisions Relating to Social Insurance, Social Assistance and Insurability

Preliminary

240.	Definition.

Chapter 1

Claims and Payments

241.	Claims.
242.	Payments.
243.	Payment in respect of loss of purchasing power.
244.	Payment to persons other than claimant or beneficiary.
245.	Statutory declarations.
246.	Provision with respect to habitual residence.

Chapter 2

Provisions Relating to Entitlement

247.	Avoidance of multiple payments.
248.	Payments after death.
249.	Absence from State or imprisonment.

Chapter 3

Appointment and Duties of Social Welfare Inspectors

250.	Social welfare inspectors.

Chapter 4

Offences, Miscellaneous Control Provisions and Proceedings

251.	False statements and offences, including offences relating to bodies corporate.
252.	Offences in relation to employment contributions.
253.	Notification by employer or other person of commencement of employment.
254.	Records to be maintained.
255.	Information to be given by employers to Minister.
256.	Application of Probation of Offenders Act 1907.
257.	Penalties.
258.	Failure to keep records.
259.	Loss of benefit due to employer’s default.
260.	Information required by Minister.
261.	Exchange of information.
262.	Personal public service number.
263.	Public service card.
264.	Payment card.
265.	Sharing of information.
266.	Data exchange — provision of education.
267.	Data exchange — sharing of personal public service number.
268.	Data exchange — health provisions.
269.	Data exchange — rented accommodation.
270.	Data exchange — correction of inaccurate information.
271.	Definition of information.
272.	Provisions relating to prosecutions.
273.	Civil proceedings — Criminal Assets Bureau.
274.	Evidence.

Chapter 5

Alienation of Books and Documents

275.	Application.
276.	Prohibition of alienation of documents.
277.	Avoidance of alienation of documents.
278.	Return of documents on demand.

Chapter 6

Miscellaneous Provisions

279.	Regulations relating to maintenance.
280.	Free certificates.
281.	Stamp duty.
282.	Birth, marriage and death certificates.
283.	Inalienability.
284.	Means for purpose of Debtors Act (Ireland) 1872.
285.	Exclusion in assessment of damages.
286.	Taking account of disability benefit and invalidity pension in assessing certain damages.
287.	Reciprocal arrangements.
288.	Provision of consultancy, training and contract services, etc.
289.	Administration of social welfare schemes.
290.	Budgeting in relation to social welfare payments.
291.	Regulations in relation to unpaid rent.
292.	Regulations varying rates of benefit or assistance.
293.	Effect of means on certain rates of assistance.
294.	Regulations in relation to benefit or assistance.
295.	Application of provisions of this Act, etc., by regulations.
296.	Payment of increases in respect of qualified children.
297.	Regulations in relation to payment of qualified adult increase in certain cases.
298.	Qualified adult (administrative schemes).

PART 10

Decisions, Appeals and Social Welfare Tribunal

Chapter 1

Deciding Officers and Decisions by Deciding Officers

299.	Appointment of deciding officers.
300.	Decisions by deciding officers.
301.	Revision of decisions by deciding officers.
302.	Effect of revised decisions by deciding officers.
303.	Reference by deciding officer to appeals officer.

Chapter 2

Appeals Officers, Chief Appeals Officer and Decisions by Appeals Officers

304.	Appointment of appeals officers.
305.	Chief Appeals Officer.
306.	Reference to High Court.
307.	Appeals to Circuit Court.
308.	Annual report.
309.	Appointment of assessors.
310.	Other functions of Chief Appeals Officer.
311.	Appeals and references to appeals officers.
312.	Supplementary welfare allowance — appeals.
313.	Power to take evidence on oath.
314.	Notification to persons to attend and give evidence or produce documents at appeal hearing.
315.	Procedure where assessor appointed.
316.	Award of expenses.
317.	Revision by appeals officer of decision of appeals officer.
318.	Revision by Chief Appeals Officer of decision of appeals officer.
319.	Effect of revised decision by appeals officer.
320.	Decision of appeals officer to be final and conclusive.
321.	Supplementary welfare allowance.

Chapter 3

Supplementary Welfare Allowance — Determinations and Appeals

322.	Determination of entitlement to supplementary welfare allowance.
323.	Appeals.
324.	Revision of determination of entitlement to supplementary welfare allowance.
325.	Effect of revised determination by employee of Health Service Executive.

Chapter 4

General Provisions Relating to Decisions and Appeals

326.	Appeals — oral hearings.
327.	Appeals to High Court.
328.	Certificate by deciding officer or appeals officer.
329.	Revision to include revision consisting of reversal.
330.	Regulations.

Chapter 5

Social Welfare Tribunal

331.	Application for adjudication by Social Welfare Tribunal.
332.	Adjudications by Social Welfare Tribunal.
333.	Social Welfare Tribunal.

PART 11

Overpayments, Repayments, Suspension of Payment, etc.

334.	Interim payments and suspension of payment.
335.	Overpayments.
336.	Repayment of benefit, assistance, etc., overpaid.
337.	Liability to repay where person convicted of offence.
338.	Recovery of debts.
339.	Distribution of assets.
340.	Recovery of payments from financial institutions.
341.	Recovery of sums due by civil proceedings or by deduction from other payments.
342.	Repayment of amounts due to be deferred, suspended, reduced or cancelled.
343.	Effect of decision for purposes of proceedings.

PART 12

Liability to Maintain Family

344.	Interpretation.
345.	Liability to maintain family.
346.	Contribution towards benefit or allowance.
347.	Attachment of earnings order.
348.	Employer’s obligations in relation to attachment of earnings order.
349.	Payments under attachment of earnings order.
350.	Powers of District Court.
351.	Changes in employment.
352.	Determinations by District Court.
353.	Liable relative in service of State.
354.	Discharge, variation or lapse of attachment of earnings order.
355.	Cesser.
356.	Offences.
357.	Payments under order of court to offset contributions.
358.	Recipient of benefit or allowance to transfer to competent authority payments under order of court.
359.	Investigations by Health Service Executive.

PART 13

Commencement, Repeals and Continuance

360.	Repeals.
361.	Continuity of repealed enactments.
362.	Continuance of officers, instruments and documents.
363.	Continuity of insurance under old codes.
364.	Commencement.

SCHEDULE 1

EMPLOYMENTS, EXCEPTED EMPLOYMENTS AND EXCEPTED SELF-EMPLOYED CONTRIBUTORS

PART 1

Employments

PART 2

Excepted Employments

PART 3

Excepted Self-Employed Contributors

SCHEDULE 2

RATES OF BENEFITS

PART 1

Rates of Periodical Benefits and Increases

PART 2

Occupational Injuries Benefits — Gratuities and Grant

PART 3

Disablement Pension

PART 4

Increases of Disablement Pension

PART 5

Bereavement Grant

SCHEDULE 3

RULES AS TO CALCULATION OF MEANS

PART 1

Definitions

PART 2

Unemployment Assistance, Pre-Retirement Allowance, Disability Allowance and Farm Assist

PART 3

Old Age (Non-Contributory) Pension, Blind Pension, Widow’s (Non-Contributory) Pension, Widower’s (Non-Contributory) Pension and Orphan’s (Non-Contributory) Pension, One-Parent Family Payment and Carer’s Allowance

PART 4

Supplementary Welfare Allowance

SCHEDULE 4

RATES OF ASSISTANCE

PART 1

Rates of Periodical Social Assistance and Increases

PART 2

Increase of Old Age (Non-Contributory) Pension for One of a Couple and Increase in Blind Pension for One of a Couple Where Both Beneficiary and Spouse have attained Pensionable Age

PART 3

Increase of Blind Pension for One of a Couple Where Both Beneficiary and Spouse have not attained Pensionable Age

PART 4

Increase of Blind Pension for One of a Couple Where Beneficiary has not attained Pensionable Age and Spouse has attained Pensionable Age

PART 5

Increase of Blind Pension for One of a Couple Where Beneficiary has attained Pensionable Age and Spouse has not attained Pensionable Age

PART 6

Amounts of Child Benefit

SCHEDULE 5

SPECIFIED BODIES

SCHEDULE 6

COMMENCEMENT OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS

SCHEDULE 7

ENACTMENTS REPEALED

Acts Referred to

Adoption Act 1991	1991, No. 14
Adoption Act 1998	1998, No. 10
Adoption Acts 1952 to 1998
Adoptive Leave Act 1995	1995, No. 2
Agriculture Act 1931	1931, No. 8
Aliens Act 1935	1935, No. 14
Army Pensions Acts 1923 to 1980
Bankruptcy Act 1988	1988, No. 27
Blind Persons Act 1920	10 & 11, Geo. 5, c. 49
Building Societies Act 1989	1989, No. 17
Central Bank Act 1971	1971, No. 24
Child Care Act 1991	1991, No. 17
Civil Legal Aid Act 1995	1995, No. 32
Civil Liability (Amendment) Act 1964	1964, No. 17
Civil Liability Act 1961	1961, No. 41
Companies Act 1963	1963, No. 33
Companies Acts 1963 to 2005
Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993	1993, No. 8
Connaught Rangers (Pensions) Acts 1936 to 1964
Consumer Credit Act 1995	1995, No. 24
Courts (No. 2) Act 1986	1986, No. 26
Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996	1996, No. 31
Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001	2001, No. 50
Data Protection Act 1988	1988, No. 25
Debtors (Ireland) Act 1872	35 & 36, Vic., c. 57
Dublin Institute of Technology Act 1992	1992, No. 15
Education Act 1998	1998, No. 51
Employment Agency Act 1971	1971, No. 27
Enforcement of Court Orders Act 1926	1926, No. 18
Enforcement of Court Orders Act 1940	1940, No. 23
Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act 1976	1976, No. 11
Family Law Act 1995	1995, No. 26
Fatal Injuries Act 1956	1956, No. 3
Finance Act 2003	2003, No. 3
Fire Services Act 1981	1981, No. 30
Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959	1959, No. 14
Garda Síochána (Compensation) Acts 1941 to 2003
Guardianship of Infants Act 1964	1964, No. 7
Harbours Act 1946	1946, No. 9
Health (Eastern Regional Health Authority) Act 1999	1999, No. 13
Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990	1990, No. 23
Health (Provision of Information) Act 1997	1997, No. 9
Health Act 1947	1947, No. 28
Health Act 1953	1953, No. 26
Health Act 1970	1970, No. 1
Health Acts 1947 to 2005
Health Authorities Act 1960	1960, No. 9
Health Contributions Act 1979	1979, No. 4
Higher Education Authority Act 1971	1971, No. 22
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992	1992, No. 18
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997	1997, No. 21
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002	2002, No. 9
Housing (Private Rented Dwellings) Act 1982	1982, No. 6
Housing Act 1966	1966, No. 21
Housing Act 1988	1988, No. 28
Immigration Act 2004	2004, No. 1
Income Tax Acts
Industrial Training Act 1967	1967, No. 5
Interpretation Act 1937	1937, No. 38
Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act 1989	1989, No. 6
Larceny Act 1916	6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 50
Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Act 1992	1992, No. 19
Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Act 1968	1968, No. 24
Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Acts 1968 to 1992
Local Government (Superannuation) Act 1956	1956, No. 10
Local Government Act 2001	2001, No. 37
Maternity Protection Act 1994	1994, No. 34
Medical Practitioners Act 1978	1978, No. 4
Mental Treatment Act 1945	1945, No. 19
Mental Health Acts 1945 to 2001
Merchant Shipping Act 1894	57 & 58 Vic., c. 60
Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 to 1964
National Archives Act 1986	1986, No. 11
National Insurance Act 1911	1 & 2, Geo. 5, c. 55
National Health Insurance Acts 1911 to 1952
National Training Fund Act 2000	2000, No. 41
Pensions Act 1990	1990, No. 25
Pilotage Act 1913	2 & 3, Geo. 5, c. 31
Post Office Savings Bank Acts 1861 to 1958
Probation of Offenders Act 1907	7, Edw. 7, c. 17
Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) Acts 1984 to 2004
Public Assistance Act 1939	1939, No. 27
Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999	1999, No. 26
Redundancy Payment Act 2003	2003, No. 14
Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2003
Refugee Act 1996	1996, No. 17
Regional Technical Colleges Act 1992	1992, No. 16
Regional Technical Colleges Acts 1992 to 2001
Road Traffic Act 1961	1961, No. 24
Social Welfare Acts
Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1981	1981, No. 1
Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1993	1993, No. 27
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002	2002, No. 8
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003	2003, No. 4
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004	2004, No. 9
Social Welfare (No. 2) Act 1989	1989, No. 12
Social Welfare (No. 2) Act 1993	1993, No. 32
Social Welfare (No. 2) Act 1995	1995, No. 23
Social Welfare (No. 2) Act 2001	2001, No. 51
Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Act 1966	1966, No. 16
Social Welfare (Supplementary Welfare Allowances) Act 1975	1975, No. 28
Social Welfare Act 1952	1952, No. 11
Social Welfare Act 1973	1973, No. 10
Social Welfare Act 1975	1975, No. 1
Social Welfare Act 1990	1990, No. 5
Social Welfare Act 1994	1994, No. 4
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 Act 2000	2000, No. 4
Social Welfare Act 2001	2001, No. 5
Social Welfare Act 2002	2002, No. 31
Social Welfare Act 2003	2003, No. 41
Social Welfare Act 2004	2004, No. 41
Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2005	2005, No. 4
Status of Children Act 1987	1987, No. 26
Statutory Declarations Act 1938	1938, No. 37
Superannuation Act 1936	1936, No. 39
Tax Acts
Taxes Consolidation Act 1997	1997, No. 39
Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994	1994, No. 5
Trustee Savings Banks Act 1989	1989, No. 21
Unemployment Insurance Act 1920	10 & 11, Geo. 5, c. 55
Universities Acts 1997 and 1999
Vocational Education Act 1930	1930, No. 29
Widows’ and Orphans’ Pensions Act 1935	1935, No. 29
Workmen’s Compensation Act 1906	6, Edw. 7, c. 58
Workmen’s Compensation Act 1934	1934, No. 9
Workmen’s Compensation Acts
Workmen’s Compensation Acts 1934 to 1955
Youth Employment Agency Act 1981	1981, No. 32

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Number 26 of 2005

SOCIAL WELFARE CONSOLIDATION ACT 2005

AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACTS.

[27th November, 2005]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

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