All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.

Contents

• Commencement
• Amendments and other effects
• SIs made under the Act

Commencement

Section	Commencement Date	Commencement Information
Ss. 1, 2	7 March 2008	Commenced on enactment
S. 3	1 April 2008	S. 3(2)
S. 4	7 March 2008	Commenced on enactment
S. 5		Not yet commenced. Requires commencement order under s. 1(6)
Ss. 6, 7	7 March 2008	Commenced on enactment
S. 8	8 May 2008	S. 8(3)
S. 9	5 June 2008	S. 9(2)
S. 10	1 June 2005	S. 10(2)
S. 11	7 March 2008	Commenced on enactment
Ss. 12-14		Not yet commenced. Requires commencement order under s. 1(6)
S. 15	1 April 2009	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 (Sections 15 and 16)(Commencement) Order, 2009 (S.I. No. 143 of 2009), art. 2
Ss. 16(a)-16(b)	1 April 2009	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 (Sections 15 and 16)(Commencement) Order, 2009 (S.I. No. 143 of 2009), art. 2
S. 16(c)	2 June 2010	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 (Section 16(c)) (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 246 of 2010), art. 2
S. 16(d)-(i)	1 April 2009	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 (Sections 15 and 16)(Commencement) Order, 2009 (S.I. No. 143 of 2009), art. 2
Ss. 17(1), 17(2), 17(3), 17(4)	1 September 2009	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 (Section 17) (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 347 of 2009), art. 2
S. 17(5)		Not yet commenced. Requires commencement order under s. 1(6)
S. 18(1)	7 March 2008	Commenced on enactment
S. 18(2), sch. 1	1 October 2011	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 (Sections 18(2), 18(3) and 18(4)) (Commencement) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 496 of 2011), art. 2
Ss. 18(3)-18(4)	1 October 2011	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 (Sections 18(2), 18(3) and 18(4)) (Commencement) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 496 of 2011), art. 2
Ss. 19-25	7 March 2008	Commenced on enactment
S. 26	14 April 2008	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 (Sections 26, 29, 30 and 31) (Commencement) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 84 of 2008), art. 2
		Commenced on enactment (7 March 2008)
S. 27 other than in so far as it relates to insertion of Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (26/2005), s. 64P	1 November 2008	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 (Section 27) (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 398 of 2008)
S. 27  in so far as it relates to insertion of Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (26/2005), s. 64P		Not yet commenced. Requires commencement order under s. 1(6)
S. 27	1 November 2008	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 (Section 27) (Commencement) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 277 of 2008). Note: this order was revoked by S.I. No. 398 of 2008, art. 4 on 8 October 2008
S. 28	1 February 2010	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 (Section 28) (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 506 of 2009), art. 2
S. 29 (1)	14 April 2008	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 (Sections 26, 29, 30 and 31) (Commencement) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 84 of 2008), art. 2
S. 29(2), sch. 2	14 April 2008	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 (Sections 26, 29, 30 and 31) (Commencement) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 84 of 2008), art. 2
Ss. 30-31	14 April 2008	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 (Sections 26, 29, 30 and 31) (Commencement) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 84 of 2008), art. 2
Sch. 1	1 October 2011	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 (Sections 18(2), 18(3) and 18(4)) (Commencement) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 496 of 2011), art. 2
Sch. 2	14 April 2008	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 (Sections 26, 29, 30 and 31) (Commencement) Order 2008 (S.I. No. 84 of 2008), art. 2

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
S. 5 repealed	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2014 (No. 16 of 2014) s. 21(b)
S. 9 reference to "Respite Care Grant" construed	47/2015, ss. 5(2), 5(3)
S. 12 reference to "Respite Care Grant" construed	47/2015, ss. 5(2), 5(3)
S. 12 references to “family income supplement” construed as a reference to “working family payment”	38/2017, s. 8(2)
S. 12(a) amended	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2014 (No. 16 of 2014) s. 12(1)(a)
S. 12(d) repealed	Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 (No. 22 of 2008), s. 23(2)
S. 13(e) amended	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2014 (No. 16 of 2014) s. 12(1)(b)
S. 18(2) repealed in part	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011 (No. 9 of 2011), ss. 1(3), 10(6)
S. 19 reference to "Respite Care Grant" construed	47/2015, ss. 5(2), 5(3)
S. 24 references to “family income supplement” construed as a reference to “working family payment”	38/2017, s. 8(2)
S. 29 references to the Financial Services Ombudsman, the Deputy Financial Services Ombudsman or the Pensions Ombudsman shall, on and after the establishment day, be construed as Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman	22/2017, s. 29(3)
Sch. 1 references to “family income supplement” construed as a reference to “working family payment”	38/2017, s. 8(2)
Sch. 1 amended	Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010 (No. 37 of 2010), ss. 11(2), 11(3)

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
None