(LRC Revised)

Number 4 of 2003

SOCIAL WELFARE (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2003

REVISED

Updated to 1 July 2024

Changes to legislation

as of 10 July 2026, this Act is up to date with all changes known to be in force.

This Revised Act is an administrative

consolidation of the

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003

. 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 the

Employment Permits Act 2024

(17/2024),

enacted 25 June 2024, and all statutory instruments up to and including the

Protection of Employment Act 1977 (Notification of Proposed Collective

Redundancies) Regulations 2024

(S.I. No. 324 of 2024), made 1 July 2024, were

considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act,

the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees,

undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature

of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from

any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email

to

revisedacts@lawreform.ie.

Number

4

of

2003

SOCIAL WELFARE

(MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2003

REVISED

Updated to 1 July 2024

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART 1

Short Title, Construction, Collective Citation and

Commencement

Section

1.

Short title, construction, collective citation and commencement.

PART 2

Amendments to the Social Welfare Acts

2.

Definitions.

3.

Child

benefit (new rates).

(Repealed)

4.

Respite

care grant — increase.

(Repealed)

5.

Qualified

child — extension of entitlement.

(Repealed)

6.

Island

allowance — improvements.

(Repealed)

7.

Payments

after death — improvements.

(Repealed)

8.

Assessment of means — amendments.

9.

Orphan's

payments — amendment.

(Repealed)

10.

Personal

public service number — extension of provisions.

(Repealed)

11.

Award of

child benefit in certain cases.

(Repealed)

12.

Amendments consequential on alignment of income tax year with calendar year.

13.

Supplementary welfare allowance — amendment to conditions of

entitlement.

(Repealed)

14.

Conditions for grant of supplementary welfare allowance —

amendment.

(Repealed)

15.

Grant of

supplementary welfare allowance in cases of urgency —

amendment.

(Repealed)

16.

Amendments to section 2 of Principal Act.

(Repealed)

17.

Employment contributions — amendment.

(Repealed)

18.

Employment contributions — amendment to payment of contribution

and keeping of records.

(Repealed)

19.

Employed

contributors and insured persons — agency workers.

(Repealed)

PART

3

Miscellaneous Amendments

20.

Amendments to Health Contributions Act 1979.

21.

Amendments to National Training Fund Act 2000.

22.

Amendment of Ombudsman Act 1980.

23.

Amendments to Freedom of Information Act 1997.

24.

Amendments to Pensions Act 1990.

SCHEDULE

Amendments to Pensions Act 1990

Acts Referred to

Aliens Act 1935

1935, No. 14

Education Act 1998

1998, No. 51

Employment Agency Act 1971

1971, No. 27

Employment Equality Act 1998

1998, No. 21

Freedom of Information Act 1997

1997, No. 13

Health Contributions Act 1979

1979, No. 4

Higher Education Authority Act 1971

1971, No. 22

Insurance Act 1989

1989, No. 3

Maternity Protection Act 1994

1994, No. 34

National Training Fund Act 2000

2000, No. 41

Ombudsman Act 1980

1980, No. 26

Ombudsman for Children Act 2002

2002, No. 22

Payment of Wages Act 1991

1991, No. 25

Pensions Act 1990

1990, No. 25

Pensions (Amendment) Act 2002

2002, No. 18

Pensions Acts 1990 to 2002

Refugee Act 1996

1996, No. 17

Social Welfare Act 1993

1993, No. 5

Social Welfare Act 1996

1996, No. 7

Social Welfare Act 1997

1997, No. 10

Social Welfare Act 1999

1999, No. 3

Social Welfare Act 2000

2000, No. 4

Social Welfare Act 2001

2001, No. 5

Social Welfare Act 2002

2002, No. 31

Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1993

1993, No. 27

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002

2002, No. 8

Social Welfare (No. 2) Act 1993

1993, No. 32

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997

1997, No. 39

Number

4

of

2003

SOCIAL WELFARE (MISCELLANEOUS

PROVISIONS) ACT 2003

REVISED

Updated to 1 July 2024

AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE SOCIAL WELFARE

ACTS, THE HEALTH CONTRIBUTIONS ACT 1979, THE

NATIONAL TRAINING FUND ACT 2000, THE OMBUDSMAN

ACT 1980, THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

1997 AND THE PENSIONS ACT 1990. [28

th March

, 2003]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS

Section

1.

Short title, construction, collective citation and commencement.

PART 2

Amendments to the Social Welfare Acts

2.

Definitions.

3.

Child

benefit (new rates).

(Repealed)

4.

Respite

care grant — increase.

(Repealed)

5.

Qualified

child — extension of entitlement.

(Repealed)

6.

Island

allowance — improvements.

(Repealed)

7.

Payments

after death — improvements.

(Repealed)

8.

Assessment of means — amendments.

9.

Orphan's

payments — amendment.

(Repealed)

10.

Personal

public service number — extension of provisions.

(Repealed)

11.

Award of

child benefit in certain cases.

(Repealed)

12.

Amendments consequential on alignment of income tax year with calendar year.

13.

Supplementary welfare allowance — amendment to conditions of

entitlement.

(Repealed)

14.

Conditions for grant of supplementary welfare allowance —

amendment.

(Repealed)

15.

Grant of

supplementary welfare allowance in cases of urgency —

amendment.

(Repealed)

16.

Amendments to section 2 of Principal Act.

(Repealed)

17.

Employment contributions — amendment.

(Repealed)

18.

Employment contributions — amendment to payment of contribution

and keeping of records.

(Repealed)

19.

Employed

contributors and insured persons — agency workers.

(Repealed)

PART

3

Miscellaneous Amendments

20.

Amendments to Health Contributions Act 1979.

21.

Amendments to National Training Fund Act 2000.

22.

Amendment of Ombudsman Act 1980.

23.

Amendments to Freedom of Information Act 1997.

24.

Amendments to Pensions Act 1990.

SCHEDULE

Amendments to Pensions Act 1990

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4

of

2003