2012, ISBN: 9789041141521

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2012. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Cousins, a lawyer and social policy and legal advisor to government and social security organizations, provides l… Meer...

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2012. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Cousins, a lawyer and social policy and legal advisor to government and social security organizations, provides lawyers with a review of social security law in Ireland. He describes the historical background; sources of law; legal status of social security benefits; public and private institutions involved; contribution and financing, including for the self-employed; health care and benefits; family allowances; incapacity to work, disability, and care; occupational accidents and diseases and deductibility of benefits from awards of damages; unemployment; old-age and survivors' pensions; payments on or after death; means tests; minimum income benefit; and claims, general provisions, and adjudication. This edition has been updated to incorporate policy changes such as the new system of nursing home support in the Nursing Home Support Act of 2009, and other new acts and European Court of Justice and European Court of Human Rights decisions. The volume was originally published as a monograph in the International Encyclopedia of Laws/Social Security Law. (2012 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR), Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2012<