Social Welfare Consolidation Act, 2005

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR No. 26/2005
• Year: 2005

Number 26 of 2005

SOCIAL WELFARE CONSOLIDATION ACT 2005

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART 1

Preliminary

Section 1. Short title. 2. Interpretation. 3. Interpretation generally. 4. Regulations. 5. Expenses.

PART 2

Social Insurance

Chapter 1

Social Insurance Fund

6. Sources of moneys for benefits. 7. Social Insurance Fund — expenditure on benefit. 8. Social Insurance Fund — payments to National Training Fund. 9. Social Insurance Fund. 10. Actuarial review. 11. Payments from Fund for acquisition of land, etc.

Chapter 2

Employed Contributors and Employment Contributions

12. Employed contributors and insured persons. 13. Employment contributions. 14. Modified insurance. 15. Calculation of reckonable earnings. 16. Employment by more than one employer. 17. Payment of contributions and keeping of records. 18. Priority debts to Social Insurance Fund in a company winding-up. 19. Winding-up and bankruptcy.

Chapter 3

Self-Employed Contributors and Self-Employment Contributions

20. Self-employed contributors and insured persons. 21. Rates of self-employment contributions and related matters. 22. Regulations providing for determination of contributions payable. 23. Regulations providing for collection of self-employment contributions, etc.

Chapter 4

Voluntary Contributors and Voluntary Contributions

24. Voluntary contributors. 25. Voluntary contributions by former employed contributors. 26. Voluntary contributions by former self-employed contributors. 27. Calculation of voluntary contributions.

Chapter 5

Optional Contributors and Optional Contributions

28. Optional contributors and optional contributions. 29. Rates of optional contributions and related matters. 30. Regulations providing for determination of optional contributions payable and related matters.

Chapter 6

General

31. Employment outside State. 32. Regulations varying rates and amounts of contributions. 33. Exceptions and credits. 34. Return of contributions paid in error. 35. Return of contributions where entry into insurance occurs after specified age. 36. Return of employment contributions — master or seaman. 37. Return of contributions — maintenance arrangements. 38. Return of contributions — payments to personal pensions.

Chapter 7

Description of Benefits

39. Description of benefits.

Chapter 8

Disability Benefit

40. Entitlement to benefit. 41. Conditions for receipt. 42. Rate of benefit. 43. Increases for qualified adult and qualified children. 44. Duration of payment. 45. Duration of payment (optional contributors). 46. Disqualifications.

Chapter 9

Maternity Benefit

47. Entitlement to and duration of benefit. 48. Conditions for receipt. 49. Rate of benefit. 50. Disqualifications. 51. Supplementary provisions.

Chapter 10

Health and Safety Benefit

52. Entitlement to benefit. 53. Conditions for receipt. 54. Duration of payment. 55. Rate of benefit. 56. Increases for qualified adult and qualified children. 57. Disqualifications.

Chapter 11

Adoptive Benefit

58. Entitlement to and duration of adoptive benefit. 59. Conditions for receipt. 60. Rates of adoptive benefit. 61. Disqualification.

Chapter 12

Unemployment Benefit

62. Entitlement to benefit. 63. Condition for receipt (optional contributors). 64. Conditions for receipt. 65. Rate of benefit. 66. Increases for qualified adult and qualified children. 67. Duration of payment. 68. Disqualifications.

Chapter 13

Occupational Injuries Benefits

69. Interpretation. 70. Occupational injuries insurance. 71. Insurable (occupational injuries) employment. 72. Extension of meaning of references to accidents arising out of and in course of employment. 73. Accidents in illegal employment and accidents outside State. 74. Injury benefit. 75. Disablement benefit. 76. Increase of injury benefit and disablement pension for qualified adult and qualified children. 77. Increase of disablement pension on account of unemployability. 78. Increase of disablement pension where constant attendance needed. 79. Adjustments for successive accidents. 80. Entitlement to death benefit. 81. Death benefit for widows and widowers and increases for qualified children, etc. 82. Death benefit — parents. 83. Death benefit — orphans. 84. Death benefit — funeral expenses. 85. Supplements to workmen’s compensation payments. 86. Cost of medical care. 87. Insurance against prescribed diseases and injuries not caused by accident. 88. Notice of accidents. 89. Reporting of accidents by employers. 90. Declaration that accident is an occupational accident. 91. Disqualifications for injury benefit or disablement benefit and suspension of proceedings. 92. Treating person as incapable of work, etc. 93. Medical treatment. 94. Rehabilitation. 95. Research. 96. Taking account of benefit in assessing damages. 97. Saver for repeal of Workmen’s Compensation Acts. 98. Construction of certain references in Local Government (Superannuation) Act 1956.

Chapter 14

Carer’s Benefit

99. Interpretation. 100. Entitlement to benefit. 101. Conditions for receipt. 102. Rate of benefit. 103. Duration of payment. 104. Medical examination. 105. Payment of benefit. 106. Disqualification. 107. Regulations.

Chapter 15

Old Age (Contributory) Pension

108. Entitlement to pension. 109. Conditions for receipt. 110. Disregard of self-employment contributions in certain cases. 111. Rate of pension. 112. Increases (including increases for qualified adult and qualified children). 113. Pre-1953 pension.

Chapter 16

Retirement Pension

114. Entitlement to pension. 115. Conditions for receipt. 116. Rate of pension. 117. Increases (including increases for qualified adult and qualified children).

Chapter 17

Invalidity Pension

118. Entitlement to pension. 119. Conditions for receipt. 120. Contributions paid under the National Health Insurance Acts. 121. Rate of pension. 122. Increases (including increases for qualified adult and qualified children).

Chapter 18

Widow’s (Contributory) Pension or Widower’s (Contributory) Pension

123. Interpretation. 124. Entitlement to pension. 125. Conditions for receipt. 126. Rate of pension. 127. Increases (including increases for qualified children). 128. Disregard of self-employment contributions in certain cases. 129. Certain claims.

Chapter 19

Orphan’s (Contributory) Allowance

130. Entitlement to allowance. 131. Condition for receipt. 132. Rate of allowance. 133. Payment of allowance.

Chapter 20

Bereavement Grant

134. Entitlement to grant. 135. Conditions for receipt. 136. Amount of grant.

Chapter 21

Widowed Parent Grant

137. Entitlement to grant.

Chapter 22

Treatment Benefit

138. General provisions as to benefit.

PART 3

Social Assistance

Chapter 1

Description of Social Assistance

139. Description of assistance.

Chapter 2

Unemployment Assistance

140. Interpretation. 141. Entitlement to assistance. 142. Rates of assistance and effect of means on rates. 143. Regulations. 144. Total amount payable to a couple. 145. Certain claims. 146. Amount of increases payable in respect of qualified child in certain cases. 147. Disqualifications. 148. Disqualifications — attending a course of study.

Chapter 3

Pre-Retirement Allowance

149. Entitlement to allowance. 150. Rate of allowance (including increases for qualified adult and qualified children). 151. Regulations.

Chapter 4

Old Age (Non-Contributory) Pension

152. Interpretation. 153. Entitlement to pension. 154. Statutory conditions. 155. Special conditions for receipt of pension. 156. Rate of pension and increase for qualified child. 157. Increases (including increase for one of a couple). 158. Amount of increases payable in respect of qualified child normally resident with beneficiary. 159. Rate of pension for persons in receipt of farm assist. 160. Disqualifications.

Chapter 5

Blind Pension

161. Entitlement to pension.

Chapter 6

Widow’s (Non-Contributory) Pension, Widower’s (Non-Contributory) Pension and Orphan’s (Non-Contributory) Pension

162. Interpretation. 163. Entitlement to pension. 164. Rate of pension. 165. Increases. 166. Disqualification. 167. Avoidance of double pensions. 168. Entitlement to orphan’s (non-contributory) pension. 169. Rate of pension. 170. Civil proceedings. 171. Payment of pension.

Chapter 7

One-Parent Family Payment

172. In...