(1) Benefit shall be paid or provided for out of the Social Insurance Fund.
(2) A reference to benefit in section 6 and this section includes:
(a) the benefits described in section 39,
(b) a relevant payment within the meaning of section 178(1)(a),
(c) schemes administered by the Minister and known as -
(i) Free Fuel Allowance,
(ii) Free Electricity Allowance,
(iii) Free Television Licence,
(iv) Free Telephone Rental Allowance,
(v) Free Natural Gas Allowance, and
(vi) Free Bottled Gas Allowance,
where those allowances are payable in respect of a person in receipt of a benefit under section 39(1) or a relevant payment within the meaning of section 178(1)(a),
(d) a payment under regulations made under section 138 in respect of dental treatment or optical treatment and appliances which would have been payable in respect of a person but for the fact that the person availed of a service in respect of dental treatment or optical treatment and appliances under sections 45, 45A and 67 of the H
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