Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 section 80

Entitlement to death benefit

Section 80 establishes the conditions under which death benefit becomes payable under the occupational injuries scheme.

• Death benefit provides for widows and widowers (section 81), orphans (section 83), and funeral expenses (section 84).
• Benefit is payable where an insured person dies from a work-related accident occurring on or after 1 May 1967.
• Benefit is also payable where the deceased was receiving a disablement pension assessed at 50% or more immediately before death.
• The employment must qualify as insurable occupational injuries employment.