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# department of employment affairs and social protection

Last year
2022
# Inflation
Targeted welfare payments would ease cost of living pressure on lower-income workers, experts say
The Government is to unveil a “substantial” package of measures tomorrow, the Tánaiste told Fine Gael TDs.
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Feb 9th 2022, 9:14 PM
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# stay alert
Departments warn of scams asking people for bank details
One person claiming to represent the Department of Agriculture has been phoning farmers asking for bank details.
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Jul 23rd 2020, 3:15 PM
# Public Services Card
Government claims that withdrawal of PSC could be illegal as it sets up battle with data watchdog
A long-awaited probe into the legality of the card was published this evening.
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Sep 17th 2019, 6:38 PM
# Welfare Fraud
750,000 social welfare claims to be reviewed as part of Government clampdown on fraud
The Department aims to save €530 million by tackling fraud over the next four years.
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Sep 16th 2019, 6:25 PM
# Overpayments
Years of mistakes: How the Department of Social Protection mishandled social welfare overpayments
Some overpayments have not been recovered because of a litany of mistakes by the Department of Employment and Social Protection.
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Jul 30th 2019, 6:00 AM
# noteworthy
Department of Justice sounded warning over plans to almost double allowance for asylum seekers living in direct provision
Officials said changes to allow residents of asylum centres to work had created “most generous” system in EU.
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May 26th 2019, 12:05 AM
# Parental Leave
'It's about a culture change': New welfare payment which could benefit up to 60,000 parents announced
Details of the Parental Leave scheme were announced this morning.
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Apr 23rd 2019, 9:12 AM
# Illness Benefit
'Disgraceful way to treat any human being': Families forced to dip into Christmas funds as delays in Illness Benefit continue
Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan said discussions are ongoing in relation to the rollout of the new software systems causing the delays.
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Oct 18th 2018, 6:10 AM
# Social Welfare
People are waiting weeks for illness benefits due to an issue between GPs and Department
Many people have said that neither their GP or the Department informed them of the changeover in the forms required when claiming their benefit.
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Aug 28th 2018, 6:01 AM
# chilling effect
Department's decision to monitor social media sparks criticism from advocacy groups
Social media monitoring is one three media monitoring contracts being advertised by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.
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Aug 27th 2018, 10:00 PM
# Planning ahead
Government to launch automatic enrolment into pension plans for all citizens by 2022
The consultation process for the proposed automatic enrolment of all citizens into pension plans has now been launched and will last until 4 November.
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Aug 23rd 2018, 10:49 AM
# no love for tender
Competitors for €9.4 million PSC contract backed out due to 'unfair advantage' being given to company that won
Security Card Concepts (formerly Biometric Card Services), the company responsible for producing the PSC since 2010, eventually won the bumper contract as the sole bidder
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Aug 13th 2018, 12:05 AM
# deep impact
'The deeper I go, the more concern I have' - Department of Transport worried over 'exposure' due to mandatory PSC
New documents show the department was concerned with the fallout from Shane Ross bringing a stop to efforts to make a PSC mandatory when applying for a driver’s licence.
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Jun 5th 2018, 12:05 AM
# house of cards
At least €2 million ploughed into PSC / driving licence project - before Shane Ross pulled the plug because it wasn't legal
The Road Safety Authority had scrambled to get its house in order for the PSC introduction, only for the initiative to be dropped suddenly and at the last minute in March of this year.
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May 14th 2018, 12:05 AM
# Tmi
Woman applying for PSC asked for partner's name, date of birth, and how long they'd been living together
Such questions appear to go beyond the remit of what can be asked of a person registering for the controversial Public Services Card.
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Mar 18th 2018, 10:00 PM
# love me tender
Government seeking bids for design and production of PSC generation two
The PSC project shows no signs of slowing despite concerns over the card’s legality and its compliance with the forthcoming EU data protection regulation.
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Feb 24th 2018, 8:00 AM
# the third degree
'If everything's fine, why's it being investigated?' - Social Protection peppered with tough questions over PSC
It emerged at today’s Oireachtas committee on social protection that roughly 450 people have had welfare payments suspended over failing to register for a Public Services Card.
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Feb 22nd 2018, 3:23 PM
# request refused
Woman has request to see changes made to her own data refused as database 'is blanked every two weeks'
The woman had requested access to her own citizen’s data file under freedom of information.
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Dec 5th 2017, 12:05 AM
# smash and grab
'I want accountability' - Man has personal data stolen from car of Social Protection employee
The file of local man John Cash was contained in a briefcase stolen from a car park in Clonmel, Co Tipperary, in 2014.
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Dec 4th 2017, 12:05 AM
# singled out
'I've had to tell more people in the last few months than in my entire life' - Man denied Public Services Card because he's adopted
“This shambolic process is now making me feel like a second class citizen – I’m being treated unequally because I’m adopted.”
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Nov 6th 2017, 12:05 AM
# misinformationfest
'If you post one out I'll cut it up and send it back': The PSC has people both enraged and deeply confused
Both the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and the Road Safety Authority have walked into a blizzard of criticism over the expansion of the Public Services Card (PSC).
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Nov 4th 2017, 6:05 AM
# shake things up
The Department of Social Protection is getting a major rebrand
A number of functions from the Department of Jobs will transfer to the new Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.
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Sep 1st 2017, 6:00 AM