Malta

Abstract

After having situated Malta, the legal framework of the right to social security is examined. The relevant constitutional provisions are mentioned, after which an overview of the social security legislation and structure is provided. Attention is also paid to the enforcement of constitutional and statutory rights. In a next part of the chapter, general data on the population and its composition are followed by a description of the personal scope of the social insurance and social assistance schemes. The administration of social security is dealt with as well as the topic of the coordination of the national social security schemes with foreign social security provisions.

With special thanks to Mrs. Joyce Grech, Assistant Director at the Ministry for the Family, Children’s Rights and Social Solidarity of Malta for reviewing the Malta report.

Apart from the general comparative sources, Country Profiles (2020) and World Factbook (2020), we consulted for Malta also: https://socialsecurity.gov.mt and European Commission, ‘Your Social Security Rights in Malta’, Report, 2019.

Websites

• https://cfr.gov.mt/

• https://deputyprimeminister.gov.mt/en/Pages/health.aspx/

• https://family.gov.mt

• http://justiceservices.gov.mt/DownloadDocument.aspx?app=lom&itemid=8794

• https://nso.gov.mt/en/publicatons/Publications_by_Unit/Documents/A2_Public_Finance/Social_Protection_2010.pdf

• https://socialsecurity.gov.mt

• https://socialsecurity.gov.mt/en

• https://socialsecurity.gov.mt/en/about-us/Pages/Social-Security-Reciprocal-Agreements-.aspx

• https://socialsecurity.gov.mt/en/Benefits-and%20Assistance/Pages/Bilateral-Agreements.aspx

• https://socialsecurity.gov.mt/en/Documents/The%20History%20of%20Social%20Security%20in%20MaltaEN.pdf