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# Department of Social Protection

This year
2023
# Pension reform
Taoiseach confirms that the state pension will increase in the next Budget
The issue arose in the Dáil after TD Joan Collins asked if the government were going to uphold the roadmap for pensions reform from 2018.
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May 23rd 2023, 6:04 PM
# CSO
Ireland's level of unemployment has reached its lowest point in more than 20 years
The 4% unemployment barrier was broken in April, which the Department said is ‘commonly taken as the full level of employment’.
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May 5th 2023, 11:50 AM
# Civil Register System
Births and deaths set to be registered online for the first time
As part of the Bill, the Register of Stillbirths will also be expanded.
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May 2nd 2023, 12:13 PM
# Cost of Living
€200 cost-of-living payment to be given to 1.3 million people this week
The payment was part of a cost-of-living supports package announced in February.
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Apr 25th 2023, 8:07 AM
Last year
2022
# Jobseekers
Government woos 1,200 Spaniards for 'hard-to-fill' jobs but housing problems glossed over
Hostels have become a common fallback option for workers who can’t find long-term housing.
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Nov 29th 2022, 12:05 AM
# Foster parents
Fostering allowance becoming insufficient amid cost-of-living crisis, say carers
The allowance paid to foster parents has not increased since 2009.
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Aug 6th 2022, 7:00 AM
# baby on board
State parental leave expanded to seven weeks
New parents can now take up to seven weeks leave as part of measures introduced by the Departments of Children and Social Protection.
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Jul 1st 2022, 1:25 PM
# Disability Allowance
Mother receives letter seeking repayment of disability allowance claimed after her son died
Tracy McGinnis said that she was “shocked and appalled” at the letter.
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Jun 11th 2022, 9:48 AM
# Data Protection
Alleged excessive data gathering by Department of Social Protection being examined
Noteworthy investigation reveals the Department had a database of individual free travel journeys until 2020.
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
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May 4th 2022, 12:05 AM
# Explainer
The government's launched a plan to auto-enrol workers for pensions - here's how it will work
The auto-enrolment pension scheme is set to come into effect in early 2024.
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Mar 29th 2022, 6:29 PM
# Social Protection
'Insanity': Criticism as unemployment benefit to be paid at post offices rather than online
It was announced last month that people receiving the payment would no longer have it paid directly into their bank account.
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".
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Feb 7th 2022, 12:05 AM
# Department of Social Protection
Extra resources promised to clear backlog of nearly 5,000 PPS number applications
One man waiting nearly two months for his PPSN said the wait had left him financial difficulty.
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Jan 28th 2022, 6:00 AM
All time
# income support
Top Pandemic Unemployment Payment rates cut by €50 from today
The process of moving some PUP recipients to jobseeker’s payments has been deferred until late October.
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Sep 14th 2021, 6:00 AM
# income support
First cuts to Pandemic Unemployment Payment rates take effect from today
Students who have been availing of the scheme will receive their final payments today.
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Sep 7th 2021, 6:00 AM
# spend spend spend
Government spent €30.6 billion on social welfare payments in 2020, up 46% from 2019
Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys described the increase as “extraordinary”.
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Aug 9th 2021, 11:08 AM
# New low
Number of people receiving PUP dips below 200,000 for the first time
The overall bill for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment now stands at over €8.3 billion.
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Jul 28th 2021, 10:07 AM
# PUP
Returning workers face being overtaxed unless they cancel their Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Thousands of hospitality workers are expected to return to work over the coming weeks.
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Jul 15th 2021, 6:00 AM
# Welfare
Child benefit instalment unpaid for older teenagers due to delay with forms
Several families who expected to be given the payment this week have not received it.
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Jul 7th 2021, 9:30 PM
# PUP
Today is the last day people can sign up for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment
All recipients of the payment have to confirm their continued eligibility by 20 July.
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Jul 7th 2021, 7:42 AM
# scammers
People reminded to hang up scam calls and not engage as reports continue
Gardaí and the Department of Social Protection have issued warnings about scam calls.
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Jun 25th 2021, 9:30 PM
# scam calls
Warnings reissued as scam calls continue
People are asked not to engage with these callers and to hang up and block the number if possible.
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Jun 23rd 2021, 5:43 PM
# school dinners
School meals programme to be extended this summer due to impact of Covid-19 pandemic
The funding is normally not available during the summer.
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Jun 21st 2021, 2:24 PM
# PUP
Number of people receiving PUP dips below 300,000 for the first time this year
This is the lowest number of people in receipt of the PUP since December.
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Jun 9th 2021, 12:09 PM
# Watch Out
Department of Social Protection warns of phone scam using what appears to be its helpline number
The department does not contact members of the public using the number.
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Apr 11th 2021, 9:25 AM
# Social Protection
'Sophisticated' scam involves people receiving phone calls from bogus department official
The Department of Social Protection never requests bank account details from its customers by phone or SMS.
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Apr 8th 2021, 12:45 PM
# Phishing scam
Second man arrested in relation to Pandemic Unemployment Payment fraud scheme
Personal data was collected through a phishing email and used to make applications for the pandemic unemployment payment.
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Mar 9th 2021, 12:11 PM
# Covid-19
PUP claimants reach 335,600 people as ministers promise payments won't change during Level 5
The scheme has cost the State over €5 billion since last March.
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Updated
Jan 5th 2021, 3:38 PM
# PUP
More than 350,000 people still in receipt of Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Over €4.3 billion has been issued in total since the PUP was introduced earlier this year.
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Nov 23rd 2020, 8:30 PM
# PUP
Number receiving Covid-19 unemployment payment rises by over 15,000
244,153 people are now in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.
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Oct 19th 2020, 2:03 PM
# warning
Department of Social Protection and An Post issue warnings over scam text messages
Health officials are warning anyone who thinks they’ve been affected to contact their bank.
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Aug 28th 2020, 2:01 PM
# july stimulus
What's in it for me? — Everything you need to know about the government's July stimulus package
There were few surprises in today’s announcement.
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Jul 23rd 2020, 8:05 PM
# Welfare
Minister signals change to pandemic unemployment payment on the way
Some 95,800 people are now receiving the reduced payment of €203 per week.
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Jul 13th 2020, 8:15 PM
# Fraud
Debunked: No, the government hasn't issued a €350 payment to everyone in the country
Members of the public have been warned about a text scam in recent days.
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May 12th 2020, 11:22 AM
# Unemployment
Tourism, food and construction worst-hit by Covid-19 job losses
Social protection minister Regina Doherty said she would hope construction workers would be returning to work soon.
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May 5th 2020, 9:19 AM
# pandemic payment
Over half a million people receive Covid-19 unemployment payment this week, as IMF releases dire economic forecast
Over 42,000 employers have registered for the temporary wage subsidy scheme, according to the government.
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Apr 14th 2020, 2:29 PM
# covid19 unemployment
Department 'inadvertently' emailed 1,700 people telling them their Covid-19 payment was to be stopped
The department said it has now emailed all individuals affected to advise them of the error and reassure them their payment will continue.
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Apr 10th 2020, 8:33 PM
# Coronavirus
Recipients of Covid-19 illness benefit who were underpaid will get arrears this week
The department said the benefit was paid at the original rate “pending the system being built to apply the increased rate”.
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Apr 8th 2020, 3:15 PM
# Shutdown
Coronavirus: People on social welfare income support now tops 710,000
A total of 507,000 were issued with a Pandemic Unemployment Payment last Friday.
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Apr 6th 2020, 4:02 PM
# Regina Doherty
Changes to Covid-19 payment could come as soon as next week, says minister
The government is working on a number of options regarding the payment, Regina Doherty said.
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Mar 21st 2020, 4:07 PM
# Festive Cheer
Christmas bonus will be paid out to 1.2 million social welfare recipients at start of December
The cost of the Christmas bonus this year will be €279.4 million.
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Nov 21st 2019, 12:17 PM
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