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Social security in Ireland

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Explained acts: 310Practical guides: 6

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Social security

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Old Age Pension Act, 1924

Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1923

Social Welfare Act, 1974

Sea Fisheries Act, 1931

British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Act, 2002

Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1947

Connaught Rangers (Pensions) Act, 1936

Civil Liability Act, 1961

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009

Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003

Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017

Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024

Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Act 2025

Courts of Justice and Court Officers (Superannuation) Act, 1961

Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2012

Pensions (Increase) Act, 1956

Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1976

Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1964

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act, 1952

Malicious Injuries (Amendment) Act, 1986

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008

Indemnity Act, 1924

Agricultural Workers (Weekly Half-Holidays) Act, 1951

Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1929

Army Pensions Act, 1957

Military Service Pensions Act, 1924

Superannuation Act, 1936

Garda Síochána (Pensions) Act, 1947

Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) (Amendment) Act 2003

Social Welfare Act, 1983

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Act 2019

Army Pensions Act, 1946

Social Welfare And Pensions Act 2009

Army Pensions Act, 1923

Damage To Property (Compensation) (Amendment) Act, 1926

Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1981

Social Welfare (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1980

Social Welfare And Pensions (No. 2) Act 2009

Minerals Development Act, 1999

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961

Damage To Property (Compensation) (Amendment) Act, 1933

Pensions (Increase) Act, 1950

Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1993

Military Service Pensions (Amendment) Act, 1953

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015

Army Pensions Act, 1968

Social Welfare Act, 1995

Army Pensions Act, 1959

Comptroller and Auditor-General Act, 1923

Garda Síochána Act, 1977

Social Welfare Act 2011

Social Welfare Act, 2001

Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1995

Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) Act, 1988

Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Act, 1938

Army Pensions Act, 1941

Health Act, 1954

Social Welfare Act 2005

Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pension and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2025

Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) (Amendment) Act, 1998

European Assembly (Irish Representatives) Act, 1979

Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011

Agriculture (Amendment) Act, 1948

Social Welfare and Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System (Amendment) Act 2025

Army Pensions Act, 1943

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Act 2013

Army Pensions Act, 1980

Social Welfare Act 2012

Garda Síochána (Pensions) Act, 1933

Social Welfare Act 2021

Social Welfare Act, 1989

Sea Pollution (Hazardous Substances) (Compensation) Act 2005

Military Service Pensions Act, 1930

Social Welfare Act, 1948

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act, 1958

Pharmacy Act, 1962

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1957

Military Service Pensions (Amendment) Act, 1949

Army Pensions Act, 1953

Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017

Army Pensions (No. 2) Act, 1960

Slaughtered and Detained Animals (Compensation) Act, 1986

Superannuation Act, 1947

Public Health (Special Expenses) Act, 1931

Freshwater Fisheries (Prohibition of Netting) Act, 1951

Army Pensions Act, 1937

Army Pensions Act, 1962

Social Welfare Act, 1976

Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1936

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013

Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2001

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Act 2006

Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2013

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1960

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act, 1941

Military Service Pensions (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1945

Agricultural Workers (Holidays) Act, 1950

Youth Work Act, 2001

Army Pensions Act, 1949

Deeds of Bravery Act, 1947

Social Welfare (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1955

Social Welfare (No. 2) Act 2019

Property Values (Arbitrations and Appeals) Act, 1960

Poor Relief (Dublin) Act, 1929

Social Welfare Act 2024

Courts of Justice Act, 1953

Interpretation (Amendment) Act, 1997

Social Welfare (Supplementary Welfare Allowances) Act, 1975

Superannuation Act, 1946

Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1992

Army Pensions Act, 1973

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004

Continuation of Compensation Schemes Act, 1946

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Act 2012

Social Welfare Act, 1993

Garda Síochána (Compensation) (Amendment) Act, 1945

Health (Amendment) Act 2005

Diseases of Animals Act, 1935

Military Service Pensions (Amendment) Act, 1960

Army Pensions (Increase) Act, 1964

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Act, 2002

National Economic and Social Development Office Act 2006

Courts of Justice (No, 2) Act, 1928

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010

Juries Act, 1976

Social Welfare Act 2016

State Lands (Workhouses) Act, 1962

Army Pensions (Increase) Act, 1962

Defence (Amendment) Act, 1990

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2010

Social Welfare Act, 1980

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003

Slaughtered and Detained Animals (Compensation) Act, 1938

Housing (Building Facilities) (Amendment) Act, 1924

Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993

International Development Association Act, 1960

Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal Act, 1997

Social Welfare Act, 1991

Old Age Pensions Act, 1938

Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1960

School Meals (Gaeltacht) Act, 1933

Clerk of Seanad Eireann (Compensation) Act, 1939

Military Service Pensions Act, 1934

Army Pensions (Increase) Act, 1949

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2017

Social Welfare Act, 1973

Social Welfare Act, 1951

Neutrality (War Damage To Property) Act, 1941

Telecommunications Services (Ducting and Cables) Act 2018

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) Act, 1999

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022

Trade Marks Act, 1963

Pensions (Increase) Act, 1959

Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1952

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2019

Social Welfare Act, 1996

Malicious Injuries Act, 1981

Health Act 2008

Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) Act, 1952

Appropriation Act, 1995

Social Welfare Act, 1985

Army Pensions (Increase) Act, 1961

Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012

International Development Association (Special Action Account) Act, 1978

Pensions (Increase) Act, 1964

Public Hospitals (Amendment) Act, 1939

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002

Military Service Pensions (Amendment) Act, 1945

Pension Books (Prohibition of Alienation) Act, 1932

Army Pensions Act, 1927

Defence Forces (Pensions) (Amendment) Act, 1968

Seanad Electoral Act, 1928

Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1972

Combat Poverty Agency Act, 1986

National Social Service Board Act, 1984

Slaughtered Animals (Compensation) Act, 1928

Old Age Pensions Act, 1932

Court Proceedings (Delays) Act 2024

Army Pensions Act, 1932

School Meals (Gaeltacht) Act, 1930

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1956

Defence Forces (Pensions) Act, 1932

Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018

Appropriation Act, 1931

International Development Association (Amendment) Act, 1977

Investor Compensation Act, 1998

Social Welfare Act, 1988

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Act 2006

Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2002

National Pensions Reserve Fund Act, 2000

Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1937

Civil Service (Transferred Officers) Compensation Act, 1929

Army Pensions Act, 1960

Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1990

Presidential Establishment Act, 1938

Greyhound Industry Act, 1958

Local Government (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923

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