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This area of the site contains information on the areas of legislation for which the Department has responsibility. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection is responsible for a number of different areas of legislation as follows : Social Welfare Legislation The social welfare legislation provides the basis for entitlement to a range of income supports for unemployed people, people with disabilities, carers and older people, as well as supports for families and for people in employment; liability for PRSI contributions and for a range of related matters. The social welfare supports can be broadly divided into – - social insurance payments, which are funded by PRSI contributions paid by employees, their employers and the self-employed, - means-tested social assistance payments for people who have not paid PRSI contributions or who have insufficient PRSI, and - other supports which are not based on PRSI contributions or means-tested. Occupational and Private Pensions Legislation This legislation provides for the regulation of occupational and private pension schemes, trust RACs and Personal Retirement Savings Accounts (PRSAs) and provide the statutory basis for the Pensions Authority (formerly Pensions Board), the Pensions Council and the Pensions Ombudsman. Redundancy and Employer's Insolvency Legislation The Redundancy Payments legislation provides for a minimum entitlement to a redundancy payment for an employee with a set period of service with his or her employer. Redundancy payments are made from the Social Insurance Fund. The Employers' Insolvency legislation implements the provisions of EU Directives 80/987 and 2002/74/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer. Provision is made for the payment of certain outstanding entitlements relating to the pay of an employee where employment has been terminated because of an employer's insolvency. Payments are made from the Social Insurance Fund. Civil Registration and Gender Recognition Legislation The Civil Registration legislation provides for the operation of the Civil Registration Service, including the registration of births, stillbirths, adoptions, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths. The Gender Recognition Bill 2014, which was published in December 2014, provides for the legal recognition of the acquired gender of transgender persons. Citizens Information Board/Comhairle Legislation The Comhairle legislation provides for the establishment of Comhairle as the national agency responsible for supporting the provision of information, advice and advocacy on social services. The name of this agency was subsequently changed to the Citizens Information Board and this Board was given the additional functions of providing personal advocacy services to certain persons with disabilities and the provision of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service.
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An Bord um Faisnéis do Shaoránaigh Tá an Bord um Fhaisnéis do Shaoránaigh (BFS) freagrach as tacú le soláthar seirbhísí faisnéise, comhairle agus abhcóideachta a bhaineann le seirbhísí agus le teidlíochtaí sóisialta. Cuimsítear gach ceapachán a dhéanann an tAire agus na forálacha reachtaíochta a rialaíonn ballraíocht an BFS agus in Acht na Comhairle, 2000 agus san Acht um Fhaisnéis do Shaoránaigh, 2007. Foráiltear sa reachtaíocht an méid a leanas: - Beidh cúigear déag comhaltaí sa Bhord; - Ainmneofar comhalta amháin den Bhord ina chathaoirleach; - Ní sháróidh tréimhse na ballraíochta cúig bliana; - Áireofar le comhaltaí an Bhoird oifigeach amháin den Aire, triúr comhaltaí a dhéanann ionadaíocht do dhaoine atá faoi mhíchumas agus comhalta amháin d’fhoireann an Bhoird; - Beidh líon nach lú ná seisear comhaltaí den Bhord baineann agus beidh líon nach lú ná seisear fireann. Foráiltear sa reachtaíocht, chomh maith, go mbeidh comhalta den Bhord a n-éagann a t(h)réimhse bhallraíochta le himeacht ama (éag téarma cúig bliana) incháilithe d’athcheapadh mar chomhalta den Bhord. Rinneadh an ceapachán deireanach leis an mBord i Meitheamh 2015. An tÚdarás Pinsean (an Bord Pinsean go foirmiúil) Comhlacht rialála is ea an tÚdarás Pinsean a oibríonn faoi choimirce na Roinne Coimirce Sóisialaí agus is é ról reachtúil an Údaráis chun monatóireacht agus maoirseacht a dhéanamh ar oibriú Acht na bPinsean, 1990. Soláthraíonn board de thriúr daoine maoirseacht ar an Údarás Pinsean. Cuimsítear an méid a leanas ann seo: - An tUasal Jane Williams mar chathaoirleach an Údaráis - An tUasal Anne Vaughan, an Leas-Rúnaí sa Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí, a dhéanann ionadaíocht don Aire Coimirce Sóisialaí - An tUasal Ann Nolan, an Dara Rúnaí sa Roinn Airgeadais, a dhéanann ionadaíocht don Aire Airgeadais. Táthar tar éis ról POF an Bhoird Phinsean a athainmniú anois mar an Rialtóir Pinsean, agus leanann an tUasal Brendan Kennedy leis an ról sin a chomhlíonadh. Tháinig na hathruithe seo i bhfeidhm an 6 Márta 2014. An Binse Leasa Shóisialaigh Comhlacht reachtúil is ea an Binse Leasa Shóisialaigh a bunaíodh i 1982 chun déileáil le cásanna ina ndiúltaítear teidlíocht do Shochar Cuardaitheora Poist nó do Chúnamh Cuardaitheora Poist mar gheall ar bhaint a bheith ag duine i ndíospóid trádála. Foráiltear in Ailt 331 go 333 den Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh (Comhdhlúthú), 2005 an reachtaíocht a rialaíonn oibriú an Bhinse Leasa Shóisialaigh. Tá Cathaoirleach agus ceathrar gnáthchomhalta, beirt chomhaltaí a ainmníonn Comhdháil na gCeardchumann (ICTU) agus beirt chomhaltaí a ainmníonn eagraíocht a dhéanann ionadaíocht d’fhostóirí sa Bhinse. Ceapann an tAire Coimirce Sóisialaí gach comhalta ar feadh téarma trí bliana. Ballraíocht reatha an Bhoird