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No. 42 of 2002Social Welfare Bill 2002
Public bill · Government · Presented
Raises most weekly social welfare payments from January 2003, including pensions, unemployment, disability, widow(er)’s, orphan’s and carer’s payments, and increases Family Income Supplement income limits. It also changes social insurance contributions by raising the employee earnings ceiling and making Class P contributions cheaper for optional contributors.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Social Welfare Acts
Last updated 20 November 2019
Sponsor
- Minister for Social and Family Affairs Primary
Progress
- First StageDáil
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- Report StageDáil
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- Second StageSeanad
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Debates
- Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage. Seanad
- Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. Seanad
- Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Motion for Earlier Signature. Seanad
- Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Order for Report Stage. Dáil
- Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Report and Final Stages. Dáil
- Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage (Resumed). Dáil
- Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage (Resumed). Dáil
- Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage (Resumed). Dáil
- Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage (Resumed). Dáil
- Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Referral to Select Committee. Dáil
- Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Referral to Select Committee. - National Development Finance Agency Bill, 2002: Message from Select Committee Dáil
- Estimates for Public Services, 2002: Messages from Select Committees. - Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Order for Second Stage. Dáil
- Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage. Dáil
- Social Welfare Bill, 2002: Second Stage (Resumed). Dáil