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# Social Welfare

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Number receiving Covid-19 unemployment payment drops again with 64,000 now back to work
Numbers on Rent Supplement payment up 20% since beginning of Covid-19 pandemic
'It's a perfect storm': Sharp rise in Rent Supplement payments raises concerns over post-Covid crisis
Varadkar: 'Extending pandemic payment and wage subsidy scheme may be needed if restrictions stay in place'
Department 'inadvertently' emailed 1,700 people telling them their Covid-19 payment was to be stopped
19,000 people close pandemic payment due to claiming it 'in error'
Thousands to receive €350 Covid Unemployment Payment today
Public transport services to be reduced from next week
Most new Covid-19 unemployment benefit claims to be paid by next week
Emergency Covid-19 legislation passes all stages in the Dáil
Cabinet approves emergency Covid-19 legislation ahead of Thursday's Dáil sitting
Man who fraudulently claimed over €225,000 in social welfare admits to falsely claiming a further €18,000
New measures to see increases in some social welfare payments from this week
Christmas bonus will be paid out to 1.2 million social welfare recipients at start of December
Here's what Budget 2020 means for people receiving social welfare payments
750,000 social welfare claims to be reviewed as part of Government clampdown on fraud
Data Protection Commission to seek enforcement action over government's refusal to comply with PSC findings
Dutch man who falsely claimed €200k in social welfare while outside Ireland is jailed for four years
New social welfare scheme promises 'breathing space' for unemployed artists
Regina Doherty 'can't guarantee' pension increases in Budget 2020 because of Brexit
Will there be a 2020 Christmas bonus? No decision's been made yet
Government to go ahead with plans for self-employed to access jobseeker's payments
ESRI warns that carbon taxes 'often regressive in nature'
'It's about a culture change': New welfare payment which could benefit up to 60,000 parents announced
'I felt so humiliated, I burst into tears': Woman questions why she was asked for adoption cert when applying for PSC
Committee told man on JobPath scheme had his CV amended against his wishes to conceal his ethnicity
Government says it's owed €475 million in social welfare overpayments
Private companies getting €3,718 for every jobseeker that makes it through the State's Jobpath scheme
Over 300 cases of social welfare fraud reported to gardaí last year
State has covered the cost of 5,000 funerals and burials over two years
Here's what Budget 2019 means for people receiving social welfare payments
Welfare increase, fuel hike and income tax cuts: Here's what's coming in Budget 2019
Sinn Féin proposes €400 second-home tax, 5% high-earner levy and pension hike
Over 11,000 jobseekers forced to do exact same programme twice
'A cheap headline': Minister has no intention of scrapping welfare Christmas bonus
Overhauling a dole system that 'discourages' jobseekers could help plug Ireland's skills gaps
GPs accuse Dept of 'using vulnerable patients as fodder' in row over illness benefit forms
People are waiting weeks for illness benefits due to an issue between GPs and Department
Over 1,000 inspections carried out by Welfare to detect 'bogus self employment'
Extra week of fuel allowance to be paid this week to over 368,000 households after cold weather