# department-of-social-protection - Wednesday 9 June, 2021
# PUP
# PUP
This is the lowest number of people in receipt of the PUP since December.
# department-of-social-protection - Sunday 11 April, 2021
# Watch Out
# Watch Out
The department does not contact members of the public using the number.
# department-of-social-protection - Thursday 8 April, 2021
# Social Protection
# Social Protection
The Department of Social Protection never requests bank account details from its customers by phone or SMS.
# department-of-social-protection - Tuesday 9 March, 2021
# Phishing Scam
# Phishing Scam
Personal data was collected through a phishing email and used to make applications for the pandemic unemployment payment.
# department-of-social-protection - Tuesday 5 January, 2021
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The scheme has cost the State over €5 billion since last March.
# department-of-social-protection - Monday 23 November, 2020
# PUP
# PUP
Over €4.3 billion has been issued in total since the PUP was introduced earlier this year.
# department-of-social-protection - Monday 19 October, 2020
# PUP
# PUP
244,153 people are now in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.
# department-of-social-protection - Friday 28 August, 2020
# Warning
# Warning
Health officials are warning anyone who thinks they’ve been affected to contact their bank.
# department-of-social-protection - Thursday 23 July, 2020
# July Stimulus
# July Stimulus
There were few surprises in today’s announcement.
# department-of-social-protection - Monday 13 July, 2020
# Welfare
# Welfare
Some 95,800 people are now receiving the reduced payment of €203 per week.
# department-of-social-protection - Tuesday 12 May, 2020
# Fraud
# Fraud
Members of the public have been warned about a text scam in recent days.
# department-of-social-protection - Tuesday 5 May, 2020
# Unemployment
# Unemployment
Social protection minister Regina Doherty said she would hope construction workers would be returning to work soon.
# department-of-social-protection - Tuesday 14 April, 2020
# Pandemic Payment
# Pandemic Payment
Over 42,000 employers have registered for the temporary wage subsidy scheme, according to the government.
# department-of-social-protection - Friday 10 April, 2020
# Covid19 Unemployment
# Covid19 Unemployment
The department said it has now emailed all individuals affected to advise them of the error and reassure them their payment will continue.
# department-of-social-protection - Wednesday 8 April, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The department said the benefit was paid at the original rate “pending the system being built to apply the increased rate”.
# department-of-social-protection - Monday 6 April, 2020
# Shutdown
# Shutdown
A total of 507,000 were issued with a Pandemic Unemployment Payment last Friday.
# department-of-social-protection - Saturday 21 March, 2020
# Regina Doherty
# Regina Doherty
The government is working on a number of options regarding the payment, Regina Doherty said.
# department-of-social-protection - Thursday 21 November, 2019
# Festive Cheer
# Festive Cheer
The cost of the Christmas bonus this year will be €279.4 million.
# department-of-social-protection - Thursday 7 November, 2019
# Controversy
# Controversy
The Secretary General of the Department of Social Protection is due before the PAC today.
# department-of-social-protection - Thursday 17 October, 2019
# Jobspath Macht Frei
# Jobspath Macht Frei
The slogan “arbeit macht frei” is known for appearing on the entrance of Auschwitz.
# department-of-social-protection - Monday 14 October, 2019
# Annual Report
# Annual Report
In 2018, a total of 61,901 births were registered in Ireland, down from 62,919 the year previous.
# department-of-social-protection - Tuesday 3 September, 2019
# PSC
# PSC
Minister Regina Doherty said 11 days ago the report would be published once her department had considered it.
# department-of-social-protection - Monday 26 August, 2019
# Public Services Card
# Public Services Card
Facial recognition is highlighted a number of times across the circulars issued to civil servants on the PSC.
# department-of-social-protection - Thursday 22 August, 2019
# PSC
# PSC
The DPC rejects government claims that making the card a requirement for services was lawful.
# department-of-social-protection - Sunday 18 August, 2019
# What Now?
# What Now?
The findings by the Data Protection Commissioner open up the possibility of legal action from PSC holders, solicitors say.
# department-of-social-protection - Friday 16 August, 2019
# Data Retention
# Data Retention
The Data Protection Commissioner has found that there is no lawful basis for retaining information from PSC applications.
# Data Protection Commissioner
# Data Protection Commissioner
The Data Protection Commissioner’s long-awaited report has huge implications for the controversial card.
# department-of-social-protection - Saturday 3 August, 2019
# PSC
# PSC
The long-awaited report on the legality of the PSC is expected in the near future.
# department-of-social-protection - Friday 2 August, 2019
# Data Protection
# Data Protection
It comes after an individual made a complaint about the repeated requests to provide information to claim child benefit.
# department-of-social-protection - Wednesday 24 July, 2019
# Penalty Rates
# Penalty Rates
5,821 people were subject to ‘penalty rates’ during the first half of the year.
# department-of-social-protection - Wednesday 10 July, 2019
# Late Payments
# Late Payments
Customers were left out of pocket as a result of the delay this morning.
# department-of-social-protection - Monday 10 June, 2019
# Long Awaited
# Long Awaited
The Department of Social Protection says a “decision will made” once the full report becomes available.
# department-of-social-protection - Thursday 23 May, 2019
# Pensions
# Pensions
Another 21,294 will remain on their existing rate of payment.
# department-of-social-protection - Monday 21 January, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
Three million Irish citizens could be entitled to compensation if the project is found to be unlawful, writes Simon McGarr.
# department-of-social-protection - Thursday 17 January, 2019
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
Private companies operating JobPath get over €3k for every jobseeker that makes it through the scheme
# department-of-social-protection - Saturday 29 December, 2018
# Debt
# Debt
Minister Regina Doherty said a number of measures are taken to try to recover the monies owed.
# department-of-social-protection - Sunday 9 December, 2018
# Public Services Card
# Public Services Card
A number of workers have been unsuccessful in cases at the Workplace Relations Commission arguing their right to a permanent contract.
# department-of-social-protection - Monday 3 December, 2018
# Out Of Office
# Out Of Office
The secretary general of the department said 3,000 staff members are over 55.
# department-of-social-protection - Monday 5 November, 2018
# Paternity Leave
# Paternity Leave
51,409 fathers have been awarded leave since the scheme began.
# department-of-social-protection - Friday 2 November, 2018
# Illness Benefit
# Illness Benefit
People began to complain of delays in Illness Benefit payments back in August.
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