(1) Assistance under this Part shall be of the following descriptions and is, in each case, so described in this Act -
(a) unemployment assistance,
(b) pre-retirement allowance,
(c) old age (non-contributory) pension,
(d) blind pension,
(e) widow's and orphan's (non-contributory) pensions,
(f) deserted wife's allowance,
(g) prisoner's wife's allowance,
(h) lone parent's allowance,
(i) carer's allowance, and
(j) supplementary welfare allowance.
(2) Assistance shall be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.