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Unemployment Benefit

# unemployment-benefit - Friday 8 March, 2013

€669 million saved through social welfare control measures in 2012

Jobseeker’s benefit was the only payment that had a lower rate of suspected fraud than departmental error.

# unemployment-benefit - Monday 19 November, 2012

Burton: Unemployed who work over Christmas “should not have any concerns”

Those who are unemployed are able to work or attend a training course for up to eight weeks without it impacting on their various allowances.

# unemployment-benefit - Wednesday 5 September, 2012

From Business ETC Unemployment

Live register down by 2,000 in August, but unemployment stays at 14.7pc

Ireland’s unemployment rate remains unchanged, while the number of under-25s on the register is down yet again.

# unemployment-benefit - Wednesday 29 August, 2012

Leaked Brussels report seeks Dole cuts to long-term unemployed

The European Commission says it’s disappointed that a draft document – raising the heat on Dublin – has been leaked.

# unemployment-benefit - Wednesday 18 July, 2012

From Business ETC IMF

Child benefit, medical cards and dole payments: IMF’s hitlist for next Budget

An IMF review says “expensive universal supports” like child benefit may need to be reformed to be better targeted.

# unemployment-benefit - Wednesday 9 November, 2011

How to boost job prospects for the unemployed? The ESRI thinks it has the answers

New research suggests training in how to conduct job searches and schemes which subsidise employers to take on workers are most likely to be successful.

# unemployment-benefit - Monday 18 July, 2011

Take 5: Monday

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock