Produced by the Office of the Attorney General
Táirgthe ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne
Number 12 of 2015
SOCIAL WELFARE (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2015
CONTENTS
PART 1
Preliminary and General
Section
1.Short title, construction and collective citation
PART 2
Amendments to Social Welfare Acts
2. Definitions
3. Definition of medical assessor and consequential amendments
4. Entitlement to carer’s benefit, carer’s allowance and respite care grant
5. Entitlement to jobseeker’s allowance in certain circumstances
6. Entitlement to one-parent family payment
7. Discontinuance of continued payment for qualified children
8. Back to work family dividend
9. Authentication of identity when presenting for payment
10. Opinion of medical assessor
11. Repayment of amounts due arising from false or misleading statements or wilful concealment of facts
12. Statements of recoverable benefits
13. Specified bodies
14. Amendments consequential on back to work family dividend
15. Miscellaneous amendments to Principal Act
PART 3
Amendments to other Acts
16. Amendment of Taxes Consolidation Act 1997
17. Amendment of section 38 of Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003
SCHEDULE
Amendments Consequential on Back to Work Family Dividend
Acts Referred to
Employment Agency Act 1971 (No. 27)
Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Act 1968 (No. 24)
Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Act 1992 (No. 19)
Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (No. 46)
Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011 (No. 40)
Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act 2012 (No. 13)
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 (No. 22)
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010 (No. 28)
Social Welfare Act 2012 (No. 43)
Social Welfare Acts
Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (No. 20)
Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 (No. 8)
Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010 (No. 37)
Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011 (No. 9)
Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2013 (No. 38)
Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2014 (No. 16)
Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26)
Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Act 2006 (No. 5)
Student Support Act 2011 (No. 4)
Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39)
Vocational Education Act 1930 (No. 29)
An Act to amend and extend the Social Welfare Acts, to amend the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 and the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 ; and to provide for related matters.
[6 th May, 2015]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
