Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Act 2006
Number 5 of 2006
SOCIAL WELFARE LAW REFORM AND PENSIONS ACT 2006
REVISED
Updated to 1 January 2018
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Act 2006. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
All Acts up to and including Finance Act 2017 (41/2017), enacted 25 December 2017, and all statutory instruments up to and including Legal Metrology (Measuring Instruments) Act 2017 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 1 of 2018), made 4 January 2018, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 5 of 2006
SOCIAL WELFARE LAW REFORM AND PENSIONS ACT 2006
REVISED
Updated to 3 January 2018
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Short Title, Construction, Collective Citation and Commencement
Section
1. Short title, construction, collective citation and commencement.
Amendments to the Social Welfare Acts
4. Renaming of certain social welfare schemes.
5. Reckonable income — amendment to definition.
6. Rates of self-employed contributions and related matters.
7. Carer’s benefit — extension of duration of payment.
8. Decision by deciding officer — homemakers.
9. Old age (contributory) pension — improvement.
10. Conditions for receipt of old age (contributory) pension — amendment.
11. Old age contributory pension — automatic entitlement for invalidity pension recipients.
12. Old age (contributory) pension — automatic entitlement for retirement pension recipients.
13. Retirement pension — improvement.
14. Conditions for receipt of retirement pension — amendment.
15. Pre-retirement allowance — payment of allowance.
16. State pension (non-contributory).
17. State pension (non-contributory) — consequential amendments to Principal Act.
18. Amendment to widowed parent grant.
19. Amendment to description of social assistance.
20. Blind pension — amendments.
21. Amendment to widow’s (non-contributory) pension and widower’s (non-contributory) pension.
22. Amendment to one-parent family payment.
23. Amendment to transitional provisions — relevant payments.
24. State pension (non-contributory) — assessment of means.
25. Assessment of means — insertion of new Part 5.
26. Orphan’s (non-contributory) pension — amendment.
27. One-parent family payment — increase in income threshold.
28. Early childcare supplement — provision.
29. Early childcare supplement — consequential amendments to Principal Act.
30. Respite care grant — increase in rate.
31. Family income supplement — improvement.
32. Provisions relating to entitlement — amendment.
33. Means assessment — amendments.
34. Supplementary welfare allowance — improvement in means assessment.
35. Personal public service number — additional specified bodies.
36. Recovery of payments from financial institutions — amendment.
37. Miscellaneous amendments to Principal Act.
Amendments to the Pensions Act 1990
39. Notice of intention by Pensions Board to prosecute.
43. Functions of Pensions Ombudsman. (Repealed)
44. Miscellaneous amendments to Principal Act.
Miscellaneous Amendments to other Acts
45. Amendment to Combat Poverty Agency Act 1986.
46. Amendment to Freedom of Information Act 1997.
47. Amendment to Taxes Consolidation Act 1997.
48. Amendment to Carer’s Leave Act 2001.
Renaming of certain Social Welfare Schemes
Rates of Assistance
State Pension (non-contributory) — Consequential Amendments to Principal Act
State Pension (non-contributory) — Assessment of Means
Blind pension, widow’s (non-contributory) pension, widower’s (non-contributory) pension and orphan’s (non-contributory) pension, one-parent family payment and carer’s allowance — Assessment of Means
Early Childcare Supplement — Consequential Amendments to Principal Act
Miscellaneous Amendments to Principal Act
Miscellaneous Amendments to Pensions Act 1990
Amendments to Carer’s Leave Act 2001
Acts Referred to
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Army Pensions Acts 1923 to 1980 |
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Blind Persons Act 1920 |
10 & 11, Geo. 5, c. 49 |
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2001, No. 19 |
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1986, No. 14 |
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2000, No. 1 |
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Companies Acts 1963 to 2005 |
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Connaught Rangers (Pensions) Acts 1936 to 1964 |
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1997, No. 15 |
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1997, No. 13 |
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Income Tax Acts |
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Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 to 1964 |
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2002, No. 18 |
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1990, No. 25 |
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Pensions Acts 1990 to 2005 |
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Social Welfare Acts |
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2005, No. 30 |
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2005, No. 4 |
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2005, No. 26 |
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1997, No. 39 |
Number 5 of 2006
SOCIAL WELFARE LAW REFORM AND PENSIONS ACT 2006
AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACTS, THE PENSIONS ACT 1990, THE COMBAT POVERTY AGENCY ACT 1986, THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1997, THE TAXES CONSOLIDATION ACT 1997 AND THE CARER’S LEAVE ACT 2001.
[24th March, 2006]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: