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Social Welfare legal right?

  • 29-03-2006 7:51pm
    #1
    milkytigerrr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭


    Is there any consitutional right to social welfare? Perhaps as a property right?
    DppvMS says there is not but have there been any decisions since saying otherwise? Hope someone can help as I have searched and I can't find anything. Ta!


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  • #2
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,781 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    I don't think social welfare was a prominant feature of politics in 1937. The Swedes (I think) were the first to introduce it in the mid-20th Century, and Ireland took it on in the 60's.

    Sorry I don't know much more about it.


  • #3
    dermot_sheehan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭dermot_sheehan


    milkytigerrr wrote:
    Is there any consitutional right to social welfare? Perhaps as a property right?
    DppvMS says there is not but have there been any decisions since saying otherwise? Hope someone can help as I have searched and I can't find anything. Ta!

    Don't think as constitutional right for adults, possibly statutory right. Even if it was a constituional right it would be a socio-economic right and hence unenforceable by the courts as per TD v. Min for education


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