Social Security Law in Ireland

Author: Mel Cousins
Publisher: Kluwer Law International
ISBN: 9789041133175
Published In: July 2010
Format: Paperback , 320 pages
Jurisdiction: Ireland ? Disclaimer:
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Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this book describes the social security regime in Ireland. It conveys a clear working knowledge of the legal mechanics affecting health care, employment injuries and occupational diseases, incapacity to work, pensions, survivors’ benefits, unemployment benefits and services, and family benefits.

The analysis covers the field of application, conditions for entitlement, calculation of benefits, financing, the institutional framework, and relevant law enforcement and controls. Allowances for retirees, employees, public sector workers, the self-employed, and the handicapped are all clearly explained, along with full details of claims, adjudication procedures, and appeals.

Succinct yet eminently practical, the book will be a valuable resource for lawyers handling social security matters in Ireland. It will be of practical utility to those both in public service and private practice called on to develop and to apply social security law and policy, and of special interest as a contribution to the comparative study of social security systems.

The Author Preface List of Abbreviations General Introduction Selected Bibliography
Part I. The Institutions Introduction
Chapter 1. Public Institutions
Chapter 2. Position and Competence of the Public Institutions
Chapter 3. Private Institutions

Part II. Contribution and Financing Introduction
Chapter 1. Contribution Regulation for Employees
Chapter 2. Contributions for Public Sector Workers
Chapter 3. Contributions for the Self-Employed
Chapter 4. Other Contributions
Chapter 5. Government Funding

Part III. Health Care Introduction
Chapter 1. Field of Application
Chapter 2. Benefits

Part IV. Family Allowances
Chapter 1. Child Benefit
Chapter 2. Early Childcare Supplement
Chapter 3. Increase for a Qualified Child
Chapter 4. Guardian’s Payment
Chapter 5. Maternity Benefit and Related Schemes

Chapter 6. Payments to Qualified Adults
Chapter 7. One-Parent Family Payment and Lone Parents’ Payments

Part V. Incapacity to Work, Disability and Care
Chapter 1. Illness Benefit
Chapter 2. Invalidity Pension
Chapter 3. Disability Allowance
Chapter 4. Blind Pension Chapter
5. Carer’s Allowance Chapter

6. Carer’s Benefit Chapter
7. Respite Care Grant

Part VI. Occupational Accidents and Diseases and Deductibility of Benefits from Awards of Damages
Chapter 1. The Occupational Injuries Scheme
Chapter 2. The Deductibility of Benefits from Awards of Damages

Part VII. Unemployment
Chapter 1. Jobseeker’s Benefit
Chapter 2. Jobseeker’s Allowance
Chapter 3. Pre-retirement Allowance
Chapter 4. Farm Assist
Chapter 5. Family Income Supplement

Part VIII. Old-Age and Survivors’ Pensions
Chapter 1. State Pension (Contributory)
Chapter 2. State Pension (Transition)
Chapter 3. State Pension (Non-contributory)
Chapter 4. Widow(er)’s (Contributory)
Pension Chapter 5. Widow(er)’s (Non-contributory) Pension

Part IX. Payments on or after Death
Chapter 1. Bereavement Grant
Chapter 2. Widowed Parent Grant
Chapter 3. Payments after Death

Part X. Minimum Income Benefit
Chapter 1. Supplementary Welfare Allowance

Part XI. Means Tests
Chapter 1. General Principles
Chapter 2. Jobseeker’s Allowance Test
Chapter 3. State Pension (Non-contributory)
Chapter 4. Supplementary Welfare Allowance
Chapter 5. Long-Term Payments Test

Part XII. Claims, General Provisions and Adjudication
Chapter 1. Claims Chapter
2. Accumulation Rules (Overlapping Provisions)
Chapter 3. Residence and Absence
Chapter 4. Imprisonment
Chapter 5. Overpayments and Repayments
Chapter 6. Distribution of Assets
Chapter 7. Adjudication

Index