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Recovery of sums due by civil proceedings or by deduction from other payments.
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[1993, s. 31(1)]
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281.—(1) All sums due to the Social Insurance Fund, other than in accordance with section 279, shall be recoverable as debts due to the State and, without prejudice to any other remedy (notwithstanding the assignment by any regulations under section 14(2) to the Collector-General or any other person of any function referred to in that section in relation to employment contributions or the assignment by any regulations under section 20(2) to the Collector-General of any function referred to in that section in relation to self-employment contributions) may be recovered by the Minister as a debt under statute or simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.
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[1993, s. 31(1)]
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(2) Notwithstanding section 224, or any provision in any other enactment specifying the period within which proceedings may be commenced to recover a debt under statute or simple contract debt, any proceedings for the recovery of any sums due to the Social Insurance Fund by way of employment contributions under section 10(1) or self-employment contributions under section 18(1) may be brought and shall be maintainable at any time.
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[1993, s. 31(1)]
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(3) All sums due to the Minister, other than in accordance with section 279, under this Act shall be recoverable as debts due to the State and may, without prejudice to any other remedy, be recovered by the Minister as a debt under statute or simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.
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[1993, s. 31(1)]
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(4) Every sum repaid to or recovered by the Minister under this Act shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer or the Social Insurance Fund, as appropriate, in such manner as the Minister for Finance shall direct.
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[1993, s. 31(1)]
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(5) All sums due to a health board under this Act shall be recoverable as debts due to the State and may, without prejudice to any other remedy, be recovered by the health board as a debt under statute or simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.
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[1993, s. 31(1)]
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(6) Any benefit or assistance repayable in accordance with section 278 or section 279 may, without prejudice to any other method of recovery, be recovered by deduction from any benefit or assistance (except supplementary welfare allowance) to which such person then is or becomes entitled.
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[1993, s. 31(1)]
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(7) (a) Any child benefit repayable in accordance with section 278 or section 279 may, without prejudice to any other method of recovery, be recovered by deduction from any payment or payments on account of child benefit to which such person then is or becomes entitled.
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(b) Any family income supplement repayable in accordance with section 278 or section 279 may, without prejudice to any other method of recovery, be recovered by deduction from any payment or payments on account of family income supplement to which such person then is or becomes entitled.
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[1993, s. 31(1)]
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(8) The power conferred on the Minister by this section to deduct from any payments on account of benefit, assistance, child benefit or family income supplement to which a person becomes entitled any sums payable by the person to the Minister or the health board under this section, may be exercised, notwithstanding that proceedings have been instituted in a court for the recovery of the sums which the person is liable to repay to the Minister or the health board as aforesaid or that an order has been made by a court requiring the payment by the person of the sums which he is liable to pay to the Minister or the health board under this section, and any costs required by such order to be paid to the Minister or the health board shall be deemed, for the purposes of this section, to be sums payable by the person to the Minister or the health board (as the case may be) under this section.
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