# joan-burton - Sunday 12 May, 2013
The government has been seeking to bring forward legislation to strengthen the Oireachtas’ ability to carry out inquiries into matters of public interest in the wake of the rejection of a referendum in 2011.
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The Minister for Social Protection says she is “hopeful” a deal can be reached with unions ahead of tomorrow’s deadline.
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# joan-burton - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
A total of 6,000 places will be available when the scheme is implemented in full.
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# joan-burton - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
Joan Burton will include a clause so that a part-time firefighter’s duty to remain close to a station does not bar them from the Dole.
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John Martin, who was behind the major OECD study published into Ireland’s pensions timebomb, says private pensions need to start sending regular letters out to people. Here’s why.
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# joan-burton - Monday 22 April, 2013
People are living longer so it makes sense to increase the pension age beyond 68 – so says the man behind today’s OECD report into Ireland’s pensions.
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The report, commissioned by Joan Burton, outlines a range of options for reforming and updating Ireland’s pensions systems.
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# joan-burton - Thursday 11 April, 2013
The Department of Social Protection confirmed it was scrapping grants which covered the costs of religious sacraments.
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# joan-burton - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
USI wants a ‘significant investment’ in youth job creation – but younger people are also less likely to have pressures like mortgages.
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Latest figures have shown that 30.8 per cent of those under 25 years of age are now unemployed.
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# joan-burton - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
The Sinn Féin TD called the offer of the €250 per week job “outrageous”.
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The 410,000 people in receipt of the weekly €20 allowance will be given the allowance for an extra week.
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While Ireland will recogise amended birth certificates from other countries, “gender reassignment is not yet recognised” in the country.
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# joan-burton - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
13 senior ministers, five junior ministers, and the attorney general are all jetting off next week to lead trade missions.
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# joan-burton - Saturday 9 March, 2013
The government was appointed two years ago today – meaning senior ministers now have enough service for a pension.
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# joan-burton - Thursday 7 March, 2013
Writing on TheJournal.ie this morning, the Labour leader insists that abortion legislation wil be introduced this year.
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# joan-burton - Saturday 23 February, 2013
The Minister for Social Protection was heckled as she attempted to deliver a speech in Dundalk , Co Louth yesterday.
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# joan-burton - Thursday 21 February, 2013
The recommended two-tier child benefit system will worsen the situation of families who are already struggling, the charity said.
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# joan-burton - Wednesday 20 February, 2013
The two-tier system, as recommended by the Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare, would contain both a universal and a selective payment.
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# joan-burton - Friday 1 February, 2013
Joan Burton also said the main lesson from the economic crisis is that financial markets and wealthy elites should not be allowed to “dictate our future”.
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# joan-burton - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton said the department received 4,339 claims for domiciliary care allowance in 2012.
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# joan-burton - Saturday 19 January, 2013
Social Protection Minister Joan Burton has rejected Sinn Féin’s proposal for a social welfare amnesty for those who have been overpaid or have defrauded the State.
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# joan-burton - Friday 18 January, 2013
Minister Joan Burton made the announcement today about the scheme, saying that it was part of the efforts to help jobseekers become employment-ready.
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# joan-burton - Sunday 30 December, 2012
“It’s clear that people are pissed off with us as a government” and 45 other quotes that tell the story of 2012.
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# joan-burton - Tuesday 18 December, 2012
All 12 Labour Senators voted with the Government as the Bill was carried by a comfortable majority.
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# joan-burton - Sunday 16 December, 2012
The party for retired staff was held a few weeks before Budget cuts were announced, it was revealed today.
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# joan-burton - Thursday 13 December, 2012
TDs vote today on whether to lower the monthly payment for the first three children to €130. How would you vote?
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# joan-burton - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
The bill includes cuts to the Respite Care Grant and child benefit as well as an increase in PRSI contributions.
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# joan-burton - Tuesday 11 December, 2012
The Social Welfare Bill, which gives legal effect to cuts to the respite care grant and other changes, will be debated this week.
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They are demanding the immediate restoration of the 19 per cent cut to the Respite Care Grant announced in the Budget.
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# joan-burton - Saturday 8 December, 2012
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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A Fine Gael TD and a Senator have both asked the Minister to reconsider the decision to cut the grant by over €300.
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# joan-burton - Friday 7 December, 2012
Over 100 people gathered outside Leinster House to rally against the proposed cut from €1700 to €1325.
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Social Protection Minister Joan Burton has once more defended the decision to cut the respite care grant by more than €300 in Budget 2013.
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Good morning! Here’s what you need to know as you kick off your Friday.
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# joan-burton - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
The general election campaign seems like a long time ago now…
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Child Benefit has been cut by €10 for the first child but up to €20 for the subsequent children.
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The reduction represents a 19 per cent cut in the payment which is used by carers to pay for home help and respite care.
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# joan-burton - Sunday 2 December, 2012
The Social Protection minister says a range of ‘easy-pay options’ are being considered for payment of the property tax.
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# joan-burton - Saturday 1 December, 2012
The government has made it clear that it isn’t happy to keep footing the bill for employee sick pay – so we’ve asked Sinn Féin, TASC and IBEC what they think should be done about it.
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