Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015

Public bill · Government · Presented

Introduces the Back to Work Family Dividend, giving eligible jobseekers and lone parents with children a tax-free weekly payment for up to two years after starting or increasing work. It also expands support for lone parents, tightens payment identity checks, clarifies carers’ entitlements, allows the Pyrite Resolution Board to use PPS numbers, and updates rules for recovering welfare payments from personal-injury compensation.

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Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Social Welfare Acts, to amend the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 and the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003; and to provide for related matters

Last updated 12 April 2018