Social Security Law in Ireland, 4th edition

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