# department-of-social-protection - Saturday 6 August, 2022
# Foster Parents
# Foster Parents
The allowance paid to foster parents has not increased since 2009.
# department-of-social-protection - Friday 1 July, 2022
# Baby On Board
# Baby On Board
New parents can now take up to seven weeks leave as part of measures introduced by the Departments of Children and Social Protection.
# department-of-social-protection - Saturday 11 June, 2022
# Disability Allowance
# Disability Allowance
Tracy McGinnis said that she was “shocked and appalled” at the letter.
# department-of-social-protection - Wednesday 4 May, 2022
# Data Protection
The Data Protection Commission is looking at use of free travel pass data, writes Maria Delaney Noteworthy investigation reveals the Department had a database of free travel journeys until 2020 We also find Leap card system usage records, including journey data, are being retained for over a year
# department-of-social-protection - Tuesday 29 March, 2022
# Explainer
# Explainer
The auto-enrolment pension scheme is set to come into effect in early 2024.
# department-of-social-protection - Monday 7 February, 2022
# Social Protection
One man said he now has to drive over 55km to a post office in order to collect the payment, which brings his fuel cost to between €45 - €50 a week. Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys said that the return to post offices would help to support the network and tackle welfare fraud. A Social Democrats TD said the idea that people in receipt of social welfare are going to defraud the State "has been debunked on several occasions".
# department-of-social-protection - Friday 28 January, 2022
# Department Of Social Protection
# Department Of Social Protection
One man waiting nearly two months for his PPSN said the wait had left him financial difficulty.
# department-of-social-protection - Tuesday 14 September, 2021
# Income Support
# Income Support
The process of moving some PUP recipients to jobseeker’s payments has been deferred until late October.
# department-of-social-protection - Tuesday 7 September, 2021
# Income Support
# Income Support
Students who have been availing of the scheme will receive their final payments today.
# department-of-social-protection - Monday 9 August, 2021
# Spend Spend Spend
# Spend Spend Spend
Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys described the increase as “extraordinary”.
# department-of-social-protection - Wednesday 28 July, 2021
# New Low
# New Low
The overall bill for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment now stands at over €8.3 billion.
# department-of-social-protection - Thursday 15 July, 2021
# PUP
# PUP
Thousands of hospitality workers are expected to return to work over the coming weeks.
# department-of-social-protection - Wednesday 7 July, 2021
# Welfare
# Welfare
Several families who expected to be given the payment this week have not received it.
# PUP
# PUP
All recipients of the payment have to confirm their continued eligibility by 20 July.
# department-of-social-protection - Friday 25 June, 2021
# Scammers
# Scammers
Gardaí and the Department of Social Protection have issued warnings about scam calls.
# department-of-social-protection - Wednesday 23 June, 2021
# Scam Calls
# Scam Calls
People are asked not to engage with these callers and to hang up and block the number if possible.
# department-of-social-protection - Monday 21 June, 2021
# School Dinners
# School Dinners
The funding is normally not available during the summer.
# 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.
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