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Social Welfare Act, 2000 (No. 4)Introductory TextActs Referred toPart I Preliminary (ss. 1-3)1. Short title and construction.2. Definitions.3. Continuance of instruments.Part II Increases (ss. 4-9)4. Social insurance benefits (new rates).5. Social assistance payments (new rates).6. Child benefit (new rates).7. Family income supplement (new weekly rates).8. Employment contributions (exemption from payment, new rates of contributions and increases in earnings ceilings).9. Self-employment contributions (increase in income ceiling).Part III Carer's Benefit (ss. 10-12)10. Carer's benefit11. Amendments consequential on section 10.12. Commencement (Part III).Part IV Widowed Parent Grant (ss. 13-15)13. Widowed parent grant.14. Amendments consequential on section 13.15. Application of provisions.Part V Improvements in Social Welfare Schemes (ss. 16-27)16. Pensions for certain persons who entered insurance prior to 1953.17. Assessment of means - improvements in assessment of property (capital).18. Farm assist - improvements in assessment of income.19. Assessment of means - fisherman.20. Child dependants - retention of full-rate increase.21. Disability allowance - improvements.22. Carer's allowance - increase in respite care grant.23. Return of contributions - maintenance arrangements.24. One-parent family payment - saver provision.25. Payments after death - improvements.26. Supplementary welfare allowance - income disregards.27. Entitlement to unemployment assistance.Part VI Miscellaneous Provisions (ss. 28-33)28. Carer's allowance - miscellaneous provisions.29. Social Insurance Fund - expenditure on benefit.30. Blind pension - increases for one of a couple.31. Supplementary welfare allowance - transfer of functions.32. Exchange of public service data.33. Repeal.Part VII Amendment of Health Contributions Act, 1979 (s. 34)34. Amendment of Health Contribution Act, 1979.Part VIII Amendment of Pensions Act, 1990 (ss. 35-36)35. Increases to pensions in payment.36. Repeal.Schedule ASchedule BSchedule CSchedule DSchedule E
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Version status: | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 29 March 2000 - onwards

Introductory Text

Number 4 of 2000

AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACTS, SECTION 7A OF THE HEALTH CONTRIBUTIONS ACT, 1979, AND THE PENSIONS ACT, 1990.

[29th March, 2000]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

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