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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Published date: 29 March 2000

Social Welfare Act, 2000 (No. 4)

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Repealed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Repealed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Repealed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Repealed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).
Repealed
 7. Family income supplement (new weekly rates).
Repealed
 8. Employment contributions (exemption from payment, new rates of contributions and increases in earnings ceilings).
Repealed
 9. Self-employment contributions (increase in income ceiling).
Part III Carer's Benefit (ss. 10-12)
Repealed
 10. Carer's benefit
Repealed
 11. Amendments consequential on section 10.
Repealed
 12. Commencement (Part III).
Part IV Widowed Parent Grant (ss. 13-15)
Repealed
 13. Widowed parent grant.
Repealed
 14. Amendments consequential on section 13.
Repealed
 15. Application of provisions.
Part V Improvements in Social Welfare Schemes (ss. 16-27)
Repealed
 16. Pensions for certain persons who entered insurance prior to 1953.
Repealed
 17. Assessment of means - improvements in assessment of property (capital).
Repealed
 18. Farm assist - improvements in assessment of income.
Repealed
 19. Assessment of means - fisherman.
Repealed
 20. Child dependants - retention of full-rate increase.
Repealed
 21. Disability allowance - improvements.
Repealed
 22. Carer's allowance - increase in respite care grant.
Repealed
 23. Return of contributions - maintenance arrangements.
Repealed
 24. One-parent family payment - saver provision.
Repealed
 25. Payments after death - improvements.
Repealed
 26. Supplementary welfare allowance - income disregards.
Repealed
 27. Entitlement to unemployment assistance.
Part VI Miscellaneous Provisions (ss. 28-33)
Repealed
 28. Carer's allowance - miscellaneous provisions.
Repealed
 29. Social Insurance Fund - expenditure on benefit.
Repealed
 30. Blind pension - increases for one of a couple.
Repealed
 31. Supplementary welfare allowance - transfer of functions.
Repealed
 32. Exchange of public service data.
Repealed
 33. Repeal.
Part VII Amendment of Health Contributions Act, 1979 (s. 34)
In force
 34. Amendment of Health Contribution Act, 1979.
Part VIII Amendment of Pensions Act, 1990 (ss. 35-36)
In force
 35. Increases to pensions in payment.
Repealed
 36. Repeal.
Repealed
 Schedule A
Repealed
 Schedule B
Repealed
 Schedule C
Repealed
 Schedule D
Repealed
 Schedule E
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