# department-of-social-protection - Yesterday’s News
In 2018, a total of 61,901 births were registered in Ireland, down from 62,919 the year previous.
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# department-of-social-protection - Tuesday 3 September, 2019
Minister Regina Doherty said 11 days ago the report would be published once her department had considered it.
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# department-of-social-protection - Monday 26 August, 2019
Facial recognition is highlighted a number of times across the circulars issued to civil servants on the PSC.
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# department-of-social-protection - Thursday 22 August, 2019
The DPC rejects government claims that making the card a requirement for services was lawful.
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# department-of-social-protection - Sunday 18 August, 2019
The findings by the Data Protection Commissioner open up the possibility of legal action from PSC holders, solicitors say.
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# department-of-social-protection - Friday 16 August, 2019
The Data Protection Commissioner has found that there is no lawful basis for retaining information from PSC applications.
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The Data Protection Commissioner’s long-awaited report has huge implications for the controversial card.
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# department-of-social-protection - Saturday 3 August, 2019
The long-awaited report on the legality of the PSC is expected in the near future.
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# department-of-social-protection - Friday 2 August, 2019
It comes after an individual made a complaint about the repeated requests to provide information to claim child benefit.
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# department-of-social-protection - Wednesday 24 July, 2019
5,821 people were subject to ‘penalty rates’ during the first half of the year.
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# department-of-social-protection - Wednesday 10 July, 2019
Customers were left out of pocket as a result of the delay this morning.
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# department-of-social-protection - Monday 10 June, 2019
The Department of Social Protection says a “decision will made” once the full report becomes available.
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# department-of-social-protection - Thursday 23 May, 2019
Another 21,294 will remain on their existing rate of payment.
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# department-of-social-protection - Monday 21 January, 2019
Three million Irish citizens could be entitled to compensation if the project is found to be unlawful, writes Simon McGarr.
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# department-of-social-protection - Thursday 17 January, 2019
Private companies operating JobPath get over €3k for every jobseeker that makes it through the scheme
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# department-of-social-protection - Saturday 29 December, 2018
Minister Regina Doherty said a number of measures are taken to try to recover the monies owed.
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# department-of-social-protection - Sunday 9 December, 2018
A number of workers have been unsuccessful in cases at the Workplace Relations Commission arguing their right to a permanent contract.
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# department-of-social-protection - Monday 3 December, 2018
The secretary general of the department said 3,000 staff members are over 55.
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# department-of-social-protection - Monday 5 November, 2018
51,409 fathers have been awarded leave since the scheme began.
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# department-of-social-protection - Friday 2 November, 2018
People began to complain of delays in Illness Benefit payments back in August.
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# department-of-social-protection - Thursday 18 October, 2018
Howlin said calls to the Social Protection helpline have been going unanswered.
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# department-of-social-protection - Tuesday 2 October, 2018
Customers with An Post, Ulster Bank and PTSB have been affected.
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# department-of-social-protection - Wednesday 12 September, 2018
The department has pinpointed 28 cases in this year alone.
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# department-of-social-protection - Tuesday 28 August, 2018
The Department of Social Protection has accused GPs of delaying the payouts of illness benefits.
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# department-of-social-protection - Thursday 26 July, 2018
No arrests were made in relation to the seizure.
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# department-of-social-protection - Monday 25 June, 2018
Plain English is a way of presenting information that helps people understand it the first time they read or hear it.
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# department-of-social-protection - Wednesday 28 March, 2018
The Public Accounts Committee also raised concerns about the use of “fraud” in department material.
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# department-of-social-protection - Wednesday 21 March, 2018
Michelle Burke married her current partner on the Las Vegas strip during a 30th birthday celebration in 2010.
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# department-of-social-protection - Saturday 3 March, 2018
Up to last year, if a patient qualified under their spouse or partner’s benefit, they simply had to sign a form at the clinic.
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# department-of-social-protection - Tuesday 20 February, 2018
He was denied a PSC as a result of having an expired passport due to Venezuela’s printing shortage crisis.
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# department-of-social-protection - Friday 26 January, 2018
Rory Lenihan had pleaded guilty to twelve sample charges of receiving payments for information.
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# department-of-social-protection - Sunday 26 November, 2017
The Department of Social Protection says its rules on the exceptional needs payment has not changed, despite protestations from others.
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# department-of-social-protection - Wednesday 8 November, 2017
“We have to take a wider societal view and not think of rearing children as something best done in one’s spare time, preferably by women,” Deirdre Clune said.
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# department-of-social-protection - Friday 1 September, 2017
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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# department-of-social-protection - Saturday 26 August, 2017
The card has been under the spotlight recently after a number of stories of people losing out on public services.
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# department-of-social-protection - Thursday 24 August, 2017
Dublin woman Carol Brady says the decision on whether or not to get a card is not one her son should have been expected to make.
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# department-of-social-protection - Monday 7 August, 2017
Details of complaints were released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
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# department-of-social-protection - Sunday 18 June, 2017
No. No it didn’t.
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# department-of-social-protection - Wednesday 31 May, 2017
The incident was included as a case study in the Office of the Ombudsman’s annual report for 2016.
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# department-of-social-protection - Sunday 14 May, 2017
The Department of Social Protection has apologised for the ‘unacceptable’ delay being seen in the delivery of maternity benefits.
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