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The Irish social welfare system : law and social policy / Mel Cousins.

By: Cousins, Mel.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland ; Portland, OR : Round Hall Press, c1995Description: 175 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1858000556 ; 1858000394 .Subject(s): Public welfare -- Ireland | Public welfare -- Law and legislation -- Ireland | Ireland -- Social policyDDC classification: 361.9417
Contents:
Introduction -- The development of the social welfare system in Ireland -- Towards an analysis of the Irish social welfare system: economy, politics and ideology -- A typical workers and the social welfare code -- The treatment of households -- Social welfare support for informal caring -- Lone parent's allowance: a reform of the social welfare code? -- The implementation of the EU equality directive: Individualisation or dependency? -- Pregnancy and maternity benefits -- Social welfare adjudication and appeals -- The recovery of social welfare overpayments -- Backwards into the future.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 361.9417 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00014052
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 361.9417 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00014315
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-172) and index.

Introduction -- The development of the social welfare system in Ireland -- Towards an analysis of the Irish social welfare system: economy, politics and ideology -- A typical workers and the social welfare code -- The treatment of households -- Social welfare support for informal caring -- Lone parent's allowance: a reform of the social welfare code? -- The implementation of the EU equality directive: Individualisation or dependency? -- Pregnancy and maternity benefits -- Social welfare adjudication and appeals -- The recovery of social welfare overpayments -- Backwards into the future.