No. 11/1952:

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1952

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A CO-ORDINATED SYSTEM OF SOCIAL INSURANCE AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE BENEFITS THEREUNDER, TO REPEAL, AMEND OR EXTEND THE EXISTING ENACTMENTS RELATING TO NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, OLD AGE PENSIONS, WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSIONS, UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND INTERMITTENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, AND FOR PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID.

[14th June, 1952.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—