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139. Description of assistance.

(1) Assistance under this Part shall be of the following descriptions and is, in each case, so described in this Act -

(a) jobseeker’s allowance,

(b) pre-retirement allowance,

(c) State pension (non-contributory),

(d) blind pension,

(e) widow’s (non-contributory) pension, widower’s (non-contributory) pension, surviving civil partner’s (non-contributory) pension and guardian’s payment (non-contributory),

(f) widowed or surviving civil partner grant (paid by virtue of one-parent family payment or State pension (non-contributory) under this Part),

(g) one-parent family payment,

(h) carer's allowance,

(ha) domiciliary care allowance,

(i) supplementary welfare allowance,

(j) disability allowance, and

(k) farm assist.

(2) Assistance shall be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.

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