Social welfare act, 1952

• Enactment Date: 14 June 1952
• Act Number: 11

Number 11 of 1952.

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1952.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I.

Preliminary and General.

Section 1. Short title. 2. Interpretation. 3. General provisions as to regulations.

PART II.

Insured Persons and Contributions.

4. Insured persons. 5. General provision as to moneys for benefits, etc. 6. Contributions generally. 7. Exception from liability for, and crediting of, contributions. 8. Regulations as to payment of contributions. 9. Return of sums paid in error by way of contributions. 10. Preparation and issue of insurance stamps, etc. 11. Persons employed by more than one employer, etc. 12. Modifications in the case of persons in certain employments. 13. Modifications in the case of insured persons outside the State.

PART III.

Benefit.

Prelimnary.

14. Descriptions and rates of benefit and contribution conditions.

Disability and Unemployment Benefit.

15. Right to disability and unemployment benefit. 16. Exhaustion of and requalification for benefit. 17. Disqualifications and special conditions.

Marriage Benefit.

18. Marriage benefit.

Maternity Benefit.

19. Maternity grants. 20. Maternity allowance. 21. Supplementary provisions as to maternity benefit.

Widow's (Contributory) Pension.

22. Widow's (contributory) pension.

Orphans' (Contributory) Allowance.

23. Orphan's (contributory) allowance. 24. Payment of orphan's (contributory) allowance.

Treatment Benefit.

25. Treatment benefit.

Additional Rights to Benefit.

26. Increase of benefit for adult dependants. 27. Increase of benefit for qualified child or each of two qualified children. 28. Partial satisfaction of contribution conditions.

Miscellaneous Provisions as to Benefit.

29. Claims and notices. 30. Disqualifications arising for woman on her marriage. 31. Absence from the State or imprisonment. 32. Overlapping benefits, etc. 33. Benefit to be inalienable. 34. Exclusions in assessment of damages, etc.

Supplementary.

35. Proceedings for benefit lost by employer's default. 36. Provisions as to maintenance. 37. Special provisions for voluntary contributors. 38. Free certificates.

PART IV.

Finance, Administration and Legal Proceedings.

Finance.

39. Social Insurance Fund. 40. Expenses of Minister, etc.

Administration.

41. Deciding officers. 42. Decisions by deciding officers. 43. Appeals officers. 44. Appeals and references to appeals officers. 45. Reference or appeal to High Court. 46. Revision of decisions. 47. Administration of benefit. 48. Interim payments, arrears and repayments. 49. Inspectors. 50. Birth, marriage and death certificates. 51. Exemption from stamp duty.

Legal Proceedings.

52. General provisions as to offences. 53. General provisions as to prosecutions. 54. Recovery of sums due to the Fund by civil proceedings. 55. Application of Probation of Offenders Act, 1907. 56. Certificate of decision by deciding officer or appeals officer. 57. Effect of decision under the Act. 58. Priority of employment contributions in winding up and bankruptcy. 59. Married woman.

PART V.

Miscellaneous.

60. Grants to funds of superannuation schemes. 61. Widows' and orphans' (non-contributory) pensions. 62. Provisions in respect of home assistance to beneficiaries. 63. Application of Pension Books (Prohibition of Alienation) Act, 1932. 64. Reciprocal arrangements. 65. Incorporated Insurance Industry Unemployment Insurance Board. 66. Termination and repeal of existing insurance codes and continuity of insurance and benefit. 67. Transfers to the Fund in certain cases. 68. Amendment of certain Acts. 69. Power to make further consequential and transitional provisions, etc. 70. Special provision for persons formerly insured voluntarily. 71. Power to remove difficulties. 72. Appointed day.

PART VI.

Additional Provisions.

Chapter I.

General.

73. Act of 1948. 74. Collective citations. 75. Overlapping pensions, etc.

Chapter II.

Amendments of Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1951.

76. Interpretation (Chapter II, Part VI). 77. Rates of pensions. 78. Review and prospective adjustment of pensions. 79. Maximum pension for certain widows. 80. Amendment of statutory condition as to residence. 81. Attainment of age. 82. Saver. 83. Reciprocal arrangements. 84. Application of certain provisions of this Act.

Chapter III.

Amendments of National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1950.

85. Interpretation (Chapter III, Part VI). 86. Rates of sickness and disablement benefits. 87. Rates of contributions.

Chapter IV.

Amendments of Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1920 to 1948.

88. Interpretation (Chapter IV, Part VI). 89. Amendment of paragraph 1 of Second Schedule to Principal Act. 90. Amendment of section 1 of Unemployment Insurance Act, 1922, and paragraph 4 of Second Schedule to Scheme. 91. Alteration of rates of contributions. 92. Cesser.

Chapter V.

Amendments of Unemployment Assistance Acts, 1933 to 1948.

93. Interpretation (Chapter V, Part VI). 94. Amendment of section 10 of Principal Act. 95. Amendment of section 15 of Principal Act. 96. Amendment of section 19 of Principal Act. 97. Alteration of rates of unemployment assistance. 98. Amendment of section 4 of Act of 1935. 99. Attainment of age. 100. Residence. 101. Application of certain provisions of this Act.

Chapter VI.

Amendments of Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1948.

102. Interpretation (Chapter VI, Part VI). 103. Composition and rates of widows' (contributory) pensions. 104. Rates of orphans' (contributory) pensions. 105. Composition and rates of widows' (non-contributory) pensions. 106. Rates of orphans' (non-contributory) pensions. 107. Amendment of section 38 of and Second Schedule to Principal Act. 108. Amendment of section 40 of Principal Act. 109. Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act. 110. Amendment of section 11 of Principal Act. 111. Amendment of section 14 of Principal Act. 112. Amendment of section 21 of Principal Act. 113. Amendment of section 23 of Principal Act. 114. Amendment of section 24 of Principal Act. 115. Amendment of section 26 of Principal Act. 116. Cesser of section 28 of Principal Act 117. Amendment of section 30 of Principal Act. 118. Amendment of section 33 of Principal Act. 119. Saver. 120. Attainment of age. 121. Application of certain provisions of this Act.

Chapter. VII.

Amendment of Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942.

122. Amendment of Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942. 123. Application of certain provisions of this Act.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Employments and Excepted Employments

Part I.

Employments.

Part II.

Excepted Employments.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Rates of Employment Contributions.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Rate or Amount of Benefit

Part I.

Rates of periodical benefits and of increases thereof.

Part II.

Amount of grants.

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

Contribution Conditions

FIFTH SCHEDULE.

Enactments Repealed

SIXTH SCHEDULE.

Amendments of Certain Enactments

Part I.

Amendments of Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 (No. 46 of 1933).

Part II.

Amendment of Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1935 (No. 38 of 1935).

Part III.

Amendments of Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942 (No. 7 of 1942).

SEVENTH SCHEDULE.

Rules as to Calculation of Means

Acts Referred to Children's Allowances (Amendment) Act, 1946 No. 8 of 1946 Illegitimate Children (Affiliation Orders) Act, 1930 No. 17 of 1930 Workmen's Compensation Act, 1934 No. 9 of 1934 Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935 No. 29 of 1935 Pension Books (Prohibition of Alienation) Act, 1932 No. 1 of 1932 Social Welfare Act, 1950 No. 14 of 1950 Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 No. 46 of 1933 Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942 No. 7 of 1942 Old Age Pensions Act, 1924 No. 19 of 1924 Social Welfare Act, 1951 No. 16 of 1951 Old Age Pensions Act, 1932 No. 18 of 1932 Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1935 No. 38 of 1935 Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1940 No. 4 of 1940 Superannuation Act, 1936 No. 39 of 1936 Public Assistance Act, 1939 No. 27 of 1939 Health Act, 1947 No. 28 of 1947 Social Welfare Act, 1948 No. 17 of 1948 Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1937 No. 11 of 1937

Number 11 of 1952.

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1952.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A CO-ORDINATED SYSTEM OF SOCIAL INSURANCE AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE BENEFITS THEREUNDER, TO REPEAL, AMEND OR EXTEND THE EXISTING ENACTMENTS RELATING TO NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, OLD AGE PENSIONS...