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JobBridge

38 per cent of JobBridge interns go straight into full-time jobs

Yesterday, 1:52 PM 3,363 Views 31 Comments

Joan Burton says of the 2,364 interns who completed their placements by the middle of last week, 890 went straight to work.

# joan-burton - Wednesday 16 May, 2012

Children

One-parent group criticises proposed law to name fathers on birth certs

16/05/12 5,702 Views 59 Comments

Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton is proposing legislation to force the naming of dads on birth certificates.

# joan-burton - Wednesday 9 May, 2012

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Is the new social welfare ID card a good idea?

09/05/12 8,696 Views 102 Comments

The new Public Services Card is due to be rolled out nationwide this month in a bid to reduce social welfare fraud. But is it a good move?

9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Wednesday

09/05/12 4,398 Views 10 Comments

The nine stories you need to know this morning, including: 1,000 more internships on JobBridge, the underwear bomber turns out to be a double agent, and all the details on the new social welfare ID card…

Additional 1,000 JobBridge places announced

09/05/12 3,185 Views 57 Comments

Minister Joan Burton says scheme is also being extended to include people receiving One Parent Family payment and disability allowance.

# joan-burton - Thursday 3 May, 2012

Economy

Burton defends government’s jobs record, says economy is in ‘transition’

03/05/12 1,285 Views 30 Comments

The Social Protection Minister claimed that the jobs initiative had boosted tourism numbers. Yesterday, the CSO said that there were fewer visits to Ireland in the first quarter of 2012.

# joan-burton - Saturday 28 April, 2012

Referendum

Fine Gael and Labour urge electorate to vote Yes on treaty

28/04/12 2,170 Views 132 Comments

Simon Coveney called on people to read the Treaty for themselves before making up their mind on how to vote.

# joan-burton - Thursday 26 April, 2012

Squabbles

Bruton says ministers should thrash out their differences at Cabinet table

26/04/12 1,291 Views 20 Comments

Former taoiseach John Bruton has said that Ministers should work out their differences in secret at the Cabinet table.

# joan-burton - Monday 23 April, 2012

Referendum

Coveney admits many people don’t know what referendum is about

23/04/12 1,784 Views 49 Comments

The Fine Gael Director of Elections said he and the government had to ensure that everyone in the country knows what they are voting on next month.

# joan-burton - Sunday 22 April, 2012

Euref

Government refuses to engage in bidding wars over treaty

22/04/12 3,359 Views 93 Comments

Minister of State for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton has questioned the ‘No’ stance taken by trade union Mandate.

# joan-burton - Wednesday 18 April, 2012

Single Parents

Charities say Social Welfare Bill will push one-parent families into poverty

18/04/12 3,656 Views 22 Comments

The Social Welfare Bill being brought to the Dáil proposes to send single parents onto the dole when their youngest child turns 7.

# joan-burton - Thursday 12 April, 2012

Referendum 2012

Joan Burton to helm Labour’s ‘Yes’ campaign in referendum

12/04/12 1,827 Views 66 Comments

The party will be ‘pulling out all the stops’ to urge voters to back the treaty, Burton said.

JobBridge

Plans to extend JobBridge to people with disabilities confirmed

12/04/12 2,050 Views 10 Comments

The Minister for Social Protection has said plans to extend the National Internship Scheme to people claiming Disability Allowance should be revealed in the coming weeks.

# joan-burton - Tuesday 10 April, 2012

Shenanigans

Ireland’s youngest TD criticises immature behaviour of colleagues

10/04/12 9,807 Views 33 Comments

Antics, phony wars and bickering.

# joan-burton - Sunday 8 April, 2012

Government Deathwish

Flanagan’s ‘government deathwish’ tweet criticised by Labour TD

08/04/12 2,663 Views 14 Comments

A tweet from Fine Gael chairman Charlie Flanagan in which he asked had the Social Protection Minister “a government deathwish” has been criticised by Labour TD Colm Keaveney.

# joan-burton - Saturday 7 April, 2012

In The Know

11 things we learned from the new Registers of Members’ Interests

07/04/12 4,769 Views 10 Comments

The new registers of members’ interests have been published. Here’s some random things we learned from reading them.

# joan-burton - Thursday 5 April, 2012

Fraud

Airport and rent inspectors will be used to combat welfare fraud

05/04/12 7,822 Views 107 Comments

Welfare fraud inspectors will be deployed to all entry and exit points to the country.

Social Welfare

Changes to single parent payments proposed in Social Welfare bill

05/04/12 6,864 Views 92 Comments

The proposals include reducing the maximum age of the youngest child for receipt of the One-Parent Family Payment to just 7-years-old by 2014.

# joan-burton - Monday 2 April, 2012

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€53,000 bill to send ministers away for St Patrick’s Day

02/04/12 4,978 Views 91 Comments

A series of parliamentary questions reveal costs of €53,142 to send 12 ministers around the world to mark the national holiday.

# joan-burton - Monday 26 March, 2012

Household Charge

Hayes says ‘no difficulty paying household charge’ as over 363k register

26/03/12 8,594 Views 123 Comments

The Minister of State admitted the government needed to “learn lessons” from the handling of the controversial €100 tax.

Household Charge

Ministers add to Household Charge confusion

26/03/12 4,947 Views 151 Comments

Phil Hogan had to correct a statement made by Joan Burton to confirm that the Household Charge cannot be paid at the Post Office.

# joan-burton - Tuesday 20 March, 2012

Referendum

Sinn Féin to government: Name a date for referendum on EU fiscal compact

20/03/12 1,903 Views 30 Comments

The party’s foreign affairs spokesperson Padraig Mac Lochlainn said the government had deliberated enough and called for a date to be made public.

Disabilities

Disabilities: 1,700 Domiciliary Care Allowance applications scheduled for review

20/03/12 3,269 Views 15 Comments

A number of people have initiated legal proceedings against the Department over its decision to cease DCA payments.

# joan-burton - Monday 19 March, 2012

Euref

Burton: referendum will be held in early summer

19/03/12 1,981 Views 60 Comments

The Government wants to avoid holding the vote during the Leaving Cert, Euro 2012 or the Eucharistic Congress.

# joan-burton - Tuesday 13 March, 2012

SWAP

Time not right for Single Working Age Payment, says Oireachtas committee

13/03/12 4,360 Views 4 Comments

Although the committee on jobs, social protection and education approves of the principle of the payment.

USA! USA!

Joan Burton to visit New York today to tell America that Ireland is great

13/03/12 2,365 Views 37 Comments

The trip is the latest in a series of visits to America by senior Irish politicians recently in a bid to promote Ireland’s business and tourism.

# joan-burton - Friday 9 March, 2012

JobBridge

Employment scheme aims to ‘keep people close to labour market’, says minister

09/03/12 2,321 Views 34 Comments

Joan Burton says unemployed professionals will be expected to take up reasonable job offers.

Fuel Poverty

Joan Burton defends government action on fuel poverty

09/03/12 1,800 Views 14 Comments

Minister for Social Protection says households with high levels of fuel poverty will be prioritised this year.

One Year In

TheJournal.ie’s progress report for the Government: Social welfare

09/03/12 784 Views 2 Comments

Has Joan Burton kept the government’s promises of reversing cuts while keeping all baseline social welfare rates unchanged?

# joan-burton - Tuesday 6 March, 2012

St Patrick's Day

Taoiseach and 16 ministers off around the world for Patrick’s Day celebrations

06/03/12 5,959 Views 129 Comments

Dinny McGinley is off to Glasgow and Michael Noonan will be in France. Here’s where else our government ministers will be jetting off to on 17 March…

# joan-burton - Monday 5 March, 2012

Referendum

Varadkar warns of access to bailout funds if Ireland votes ‘No’

05/03/12 3,215 Views 166 Comments

Tourism minister Leo Varadkar says it would be “foolish” to assume that Ireland could get EU bailout funds without a Yes vote.

# joan-burton - Sunday 4 March, 2012

Said And Done

Referenda and Raisa: The week in quotes

04/03/12 2,010 Views 6 Comments

“The first ten years of this 15 year ordeal were absolutely hell”

# joan-burton - Thursday 1 March, 2012

Referendum

Gilmore denies referendum campaign will be linked to Anglo deal

01/03/12 1,371 Views 35 Comments

Eamon Gilmore appears to undermine comments of Joan Burton by insisting that progress on the Anglo notes is totally separate.

Referendum

Joan Burton: ‘Cutting price of promissory notes will help us pass referendum’

01/03/12 2,634 Views 48 Comments

In an interview in the Financial Times, the social protection minister openly calls on the EU to restructure the promissory notes.

# joan-burton - Tuesday 28 February, 2012

Opinion

Column: How to make parental leave work for dads in Ireland too

28/02/12 3,606 Views 19 Comments

Journalist Philip O’Connor says the system of parental leave in Sweden, where he lives, benefits children, parents and the unemployed – and it is ideal for recessionary Ireland.

# joan-burton - Sunday 26 February, 2012

Said And Done

Leftist flamboyance and corrosive cynicism: The week in quotes

26/02/12 3,811 Views 3 Comments

“Autism is a theory. It is not a fact”

# joan-burton - Friday 24 February, 2012

Pathways To Work

Government unemployment scheme is ‘Pathways to Poverty’ says opposition

24/02/12 3,086 Views 107 Comments

Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil have both criticised the government’s plan to tackle unemployment.

# joan-burton - Thursday 23 February, 2012

Pathways To Work

Government unveils scheme to get unemployed back to work

23/02/12 5,169 Views 84 Comments

Minister Joan Burton unveiled the ambitious plan today and promised that the Irish government will not repeat the mistakes of the 1980s.

# joan-burton - Monday 20 February, 2012

Daily Fix This post contains videos

The Daily Fix: Monday

20/02/12 5,631 Views 1 Comment

Your evening round-up of the day’s biggest news stories…

Sick Pay

Employers warn that Burton’s sick pay proposals will result in job losses

20/02/12 6,391 Views 43 Comments

The Small Firms Association and the Irish Business and Employers Confederation have condemned the government’s plans to shift the burden of sick pay on to employers.

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Poll: Are you satisfied with your quality of life?

Poll: Are you satisfied with your quality of life?

A NEW REPORT from the OECD has suggested people living in Ireland have some of the best lives in the world, with Ireland among the top countries in its Better Life Index.

The index finds that life expectancy, low pollution, positive experiences and a healthy work-life balance are among the factors that contribute to happy lives in Ireland.

It did note, however, that the gap between the rich and poor is wider in Ireland than elsewhere, while the gender gap in educational performance is also larger than average.

Today we’re simply wondering whether (assuming you live in Ireland) you’re satisfied with your quality of life.


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