Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 section 289

Administration of social welfare schemes

Section 289 allows the Minister to delegate administrative functions relating to social welfare benefits to other persons, subject to prescribed conditions.

• The Minister may delegate any function relating to the administration of any prescribed benefit to prescribed persons.
• Any such delegation must comply with whatever conditions and circumstances are prescribed in regulations.
• Regulations made under this section may apply to the whole State or to specified parts of it.
• This provides flexibility for the Minister to decentralise benefit administration where appropriate.