Produced by the Office of the Attorney General
Táirgthe ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne
Number 48 of 2019
SOCIAL WELFARE (NO. 2) ACT 2019
CONTENTS
PART 1
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title, construction and commencement
PART 2
Amendments to Social Welfare Acts
2. Definitions
3. Employment contributions
4. Entitlement to benefit or allowance
5. Supplementary provisions
6. Rates of assistance - jobseeker’s allowance
7. Poverty impact assessment of reduced jobseeker rates for 18-24 year olds
8. Jobseeker’s allowance - repeal of section 142B and consequential amendments
9. Carer’s allowance
10. Supplementary welfare allowance - repeal of certain provisions and consequential amendments
11. Rates of assistance - supplementary welfare allowance
12. Working family payment - new weekly rates in certain circumstances
13. Guardian’s payments - concurrent payment in certain circumstances
14. Working family payment - avoidance of multiple payments
15. Payments after death
16. Birth, marriage and death certificates
17. Recovery of certain benefits and assistance
18. Social insurance benefits - new rates of increase for qualified child and living alone allowance
19. Earnings disregarded for certain social assistance payments
20. One-parent family payment - weekly earnings disregard
21. Amendment of Schedule 3 to Principal Act
22. Social assistance payments - new rates of increase for qualified child and living alone allowance
23. Report on the cost of hearing aids and the adequacy of financial supports
24. Review of the criteria to qualify for the treatment benefit scheme
25. Report on current and projected future increases in carbon tax
26. Report on appropriate State pension age
27. Review of qualifying conditions for Fuel Allowance in respect of certain social welfare payments
PART 3
Amendments to other Acts
28. Amendment of section 10D of National Minimum Wage Act 2000
29. Amendment of section 4 of National Training Fund Act 2000
Acts Referred to
Blind Persons Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 49)
Child Care Act 1991 (No. 17)
Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990 (No. 23)
Health Act 1970 (No. 1)
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (No. 22)
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (No. 21)
National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Act 2015 (No. 22)
National Minimum Wage Act 2000 (No. 5)
National Training Fund Act 2000 (No. 41)
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 (No. 12)
Social Welfare Act 2017 (No. 38)
Social Welfare Act 2019 (No. 34)
Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26)
Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Act 2018 (No. 37)
An Act to amend and extend the Social Welfare Acts; to amend the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 and the National Training Fund Act 2000 ; and to provide for related matters.
[24th December, 2019]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
