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Social Protection

All time
Social Protection
Christmas payment will be paid to 1.4 million social welfare recipients next week
1 Dec 2021
43.0k
58
Social Welfare
New unemployment payment linked to past working history pushed out to 2023
12 Jul 2021
38.5k
20
Social Protection
Gardaí in Cork arrest and charge man for alleged PUP and social welfare fraud
13 May 2021
61.1k
Work
Number of PUP recipients falls below 400,000 for the first time this year
4 May 2021
10.5k
22
Social Protection
'Sophisticated' scam involves people receiving phone calls from bogus department official
Updated 8 Apr 2021
78.6k
22
PUP
480,000 workers to receive Pandemic Unemployment Payment tomorrow
1 Feb 2021
20.9k
17
covid payment
Almost half a million people to receive Pandemic Unemployment Payment tomorrow
25 Jan 2021
21.6k
36
Social Protection
Social welfare rights for UK citizens in Ireland and vice versa officially unaffected despite Brexit
1 Jan 2021
37.8k
45
Social Protection
Over 1.6 million to get Christmas Bonus this week, as those receiving Covid PUP drops slightly
7 Dec 2020
36.2k
56
money owed
Pandemic Unemployment Payment arrears to be paid to 286,000 recipients today
1 Dec 2020
25.6k
22
Social Protection
Heather Humphreys: 'If you're permanently unemployed, then you should be looking for work'
27 Jul 2020
48.5k
76
Unemployment
Over a million people in Ireland receiving some sort of State income support
20 Apr 2020
12.1k
16
Coronavirus
Regina Doherty defends pandemic payment but admits system isn't 'perfect'
3 Apr 2020
36.1k
108
exchequer statement
Tax revenues last month almost €1 billion lower than March last year
2 Apr 2020
23.2k
118
Support
There have been 58,000 applications for the Covid-19 unemployment payment
Updated 19 Mar 2020
47.3k
59
Coronavirus
Here are workers' entitlements if they are affected by Covid-19
2 Mar 2020
81.6k
41
Controversy
Department boss says he's 'satisfied' the Public Services Card rollout is value for money
7 Nov 2019
11.1k
24
state pension
54% of women who had State pensions reviewed after 'cruel' 2012 changes will get more money
3 Nov 2019
52.6k
16
jobspath macht frei
'Jobpath Macht Frei': Condemnation after 'extremely offensive' sign placed at Cork Welfare office
17 Oct 2019
48.3k
63
budget 2020
Here's what Budget 2020 means for people receiving social welfare payments
9 Oct 2019
90.1k
87
Jobseekers
JobPath scheme extended by one year to help with 'labour uncertainty' from Brexit
25 Sep 2019
24.9k
44
Social Protection
'Cruel' State pension changes are still affecting thousands
10 Jul 2019
52.5k
36
Social Welfare
Regina Doherty 'can't guarantee' pension increases in Budget 2020 because of Brexit
5 Jul 2019
15.8k
72
Jobseekers
Over 200,000 people have been through JobPath, but only 11,000 have held down jobs for over a year
20 Feb 2019
23.8k
37
Social Welfare
Committee told man on JobPath scheme had his CV amended against his wishes to conceal his ethnicity
17 Jan 2019
39.7k
29
Parenting
Same-sex couples will be able to use ‘parent’ on birth certificates under new law
11 Jan 2019
19.0k
105
insecure work
New laws banning zero hour contracts 'in most circumstances' to be in place in March
12 Dec 2018
21.7k
40
Illness Benefit
Illness Benefit payments back to normal levels, says minister
6 Nov 2018
18.1k
34
Social Protection
'Unacceptable': Minister told Illness Benefit delays means some people have no money to buy food
18 Oct 2018
16.4k
24
Social Protection
Efforts being made to resolve illness benefit payment delays, says minister
17 Oct 2018
15.6k
15
chilling effect
Department's decision to monitor social media sparks criticism from advocacy groups
Updated 27 Aug 2018
27.7k
70
budget 2019
Minister promises to take 'significant' action in the next Budget to pull thousands of children out of poverty
21 Jul 2018
16.9k
62
Social Protection
Government providing €49.5 million for school clothing scheme, up €2.1 million on last year
25 Jun 2018
7.1k
24
telephone allowance
Some pensioners to begin getting €130 a year phone bill allowance to prevent 'social isolation'
6 Jun 2018
18.9k
34
Childcare Costs
Social Protection Minister rules out means testing child benefit payment
5 Jun 2018
15.7k
151
mandatory and compulsory
Play golf on paternity leave? You're lucky to have time to breathe
Cianan Brennan
7 Apr 2018
1.4k
20
battle of wills
'They knew I wasn't going to go away' - State in second climbdown as adopted man finally receives PSC eight months later
2 Apr 2018
40.7k
64
beast from the east
Extra week of fuel allowance to be paid this week to over 368,000 households after cold weather
12 Mar 2018
19.6k
48
stay warm
Government will offer an extra week of fuel allowance during the cold snap
28 Feb 2018
27.0k
67
feature creep
You're going to need a PSC to get any kind of driving licence or learner permit from April
20 Feb 2018
92.5k
240
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