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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Published date: 1 April 1998

Social Welfare Act, 1998 (No. 6)

Consolidation Status: Updated to reflect all known changes
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Introductory Text
Acts Referred to
Part I Preliminary (ss. 1-3)
In force
 1. Short title and construction.
In force
 2. Definitions.
Repealed
 3. Continuance of instruments.
Part II Increases (ss. 4-9)
Repealed
 4. Social insurance benefits (new rates).
Repealed
 5. Social assistance payments (new rates).
Repealed
 6. Child benefit (new rates, etc.).
Repealed
 7. Family income supplement (new weekly rates, etc.).
Repealed
 8. Employment contributions (increases in earnings ceilings, etc.).
Repealed
 9. Self-employment contributions (increase in income ceiling).
Part III Improvements in Social Welfare Schemes (ss. 10-13)
Repealed
 10. Assessment of means - improvements.
Repealed
 11. Payment in respect of loss of purchasing power.
Repealed
 12. Carer's allowance - payment after death.
Repealed
 13. Amendments to section 2 of Principal Act - definitions.
Part IV Administration of Public Service Data (ss. 14-15)
Repealed
 14. Administration of public service data.
Repealed
 15. Commencement (Part IV).
Part V Miscellaneous Provisions (ss. 16-25)
Repealed
 16. Sums paid into and out of Social Insurance Fund.
Repealed
 17. Actuarial review.
Repealed
 18. Pre-retirement allowance - consolidation of provisions.
Repealed
 19. Blind pension.
Repealed
 20. Recovery of debts.
Repealed
 21. Disablement benefit - claims made outside the prescribed time.
Repealed
 22. Offences - non-disclosure of information.
Repealed
 23. Appointment of officers.
Repealed
 24. Liable relative.
Repealed
 25. Commencement (Part V).
Part VI Amendment of Health Contributions Act, 1979 and Youth Employment Agency Act, 1981 (ss. 26-27)
In force
 26. Amendment of section 7A of Health Contributions Act, 1979.
In force
 27. Amendment of section 18A of Youth Employment Agency Act, 1981.
Part VII Amendment of section 54 of Pensions Act, 1990 (s. 28)
In force
 28. Amendment of section 54 of Pensions Act, 1990.
Repealed
 Schedule A
Repealed
 Schedule B
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