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Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2015 (No. 47)Introductory TextActs Referred toPart 1 Prelimnary and General (s. 1)1. Short title, construction, collective citations and commencementPart 2 Amendments to Social Welfare Acts (ss. 2-20)2. Definitions3. Social insurance benefits (new rates)4. Social assistance payments (new rates)5. Renaming of respite care grant6. Carer's support grant - new rate7. Amounts of child benefit8. Family income supplement (new weekly rates)9. Payment after death - carer's allowance10. Employment contributions - increase in PRSI thresholds11. Liability to maintain family12. Meaning of spouse and civil partner for certain purposes13. Meaning of widow and widower for purposes of widow's (non-contributory) pension, widower's (non-contributory) pension, etc.14. Meaning of widow and widower for purposes of one-parent family payment15. Calculation of supplementary welfare allowance16. Absence from State or imprisonment17. Excepted employments and excepted self-employed contributors18. Elections under Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 relating to charging, collection and recovery of certain contributions19. Medical assessor - registered nurse20. Budgeting in relation to social welfare payments - amendmentPart 3 Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (ss. 21-25)21. Definition22. Amendment of section 126 of Principal Act23. Amendment of section 128 of Principal Act24. Amendment of section 129 of Principal Act25. Amendment of section 130 of Principal ActSchedule 1 Social assistance payments (new rates) - Part 2 SubstitutedSchedule 2 Renaming of respite care grant
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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 9 May 2016 - onwards
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21. Definition

In this Part "Principal Act" means the Pensions Act 1990.

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