Mercy Law Resource Centre: Training in Social Welfare Law by Prof Gerry Whyte – July

Mercy Law Resource Centre is holding a course in social welfare law, which will be delivered by Professor Gerry Whyte, Associate Professor School of Law, Trinity College Dublin.  The training, consisting of five workshops, will provide a detailed overview of social welfare law. The training will be of particular benefit for those dealing with and advising on social welfare law issues. 

The course will be delivered through a series of five workshops. The topics that will be covered are:

Sources of social welfare law

  • Claims and appeals
  • Social Insurance
  • Social Assistance
  • Rates of payment
  • Supplementary Welfare Allowance
  • Unemployment and low pay
  • Illness, incapacity and caring
  • Family payments
  • The elderly and survivors

Participants would be expected to attend all five workshops to receive maximum benefit from the training. The training will be held over three weeks in July:

  • Tuesday 4 July  2017: 9.45am to 1pm
  • Thursday 6 July 2017: 9.45am to 1pm
  • Tuesday 11 July 2017: 9.45am to 12 noon
  • Thursday 13 July 2017: 1.45pm to 4pm
  • Tuesday 18 July 2017: 9.45am to 12 noon

Venue:

Mercy Law Resource Centre, 25 Cork Street, Dublin 8

How to book a place on this course: 

The cost per participant is €60 for all five workshops.

The spaces for this training are limited so please do book early if you wish to attend.  If you are interested in booking a place(s) for this social welfare law training please contact Danielle Curtis, MLRC Administrator, at Mercy Law Resource Centre on 01 4537459 or by email info@mercylaw.ie by 5pm on Thursday 29 June.

For more information on the work of Mercy Law Resource Centre, please see www.mercylaw.ie.

 

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