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# Department of Social Protection

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The Department of Social Protection is getting a major rebrand
1 Sep 2017
21.2k
53
RSA says Public Services Card will help crack down on fraudulent driving licences
26 Aug 2017
12.8k
59
'I don't see my child as a beggar': Mother questions why son with Down Syndrome has to get a PSC
24 Aug 2017
52.7k
182
'Snot-nosed, hostile, passive aggressive': Complaints about staff at Dublin welfare offices
7 Aug 2017
73.4k
92
FactCheck: Did the government really save €500 million due to reported welfare fraud last year?
18 Jun 2017
54.8k
75
Department of Social Protection pursued a woman for €20,000, but she was actually owed €700
31 May 2017
103k
50
'It's absolutely crazy, it really is' - high staff turnover in Donegal blamed for maternity benefit backlog
14 May 2017
22.9k
31
Maternity benefit payments in Ireland are backlogged by 'a number of months'
24 Apr 2017
35.8k
18
'Welfare cheats cheat us all': New campaign wants public to blow the whistle on welfare fraud
18 Apr 2017
31.3k
75
Column: What the Department of Social Protection doesn't want you to find out
Tom Boland & Ray Griffin
5 Dec 2016
27.7k
103
Social welfare Christmas bonus for 1.2 million people to be paid this week
28 Nov 2016
41.5k
150
Homeless single mum who secured a place in Trinity has been refused Back To Education Allowance
6 Aug 2016
81.2k
196
There are 78,000 disadvantaged schoolchildren receiving free breakfasts
19 Jul 2016
13.3k
51
Poll: Do you support child benefit being linked to school attendance?
11 May 2016
34.6k
215
Calls for 'exploitative' JobBridge to be scrapped after more revelations
24 Apr 2016
54.3k
117
Social welfare office workers suffer punches and have chairs thrown at them
23 Apr 2016
27.3k
83
Joan's department recovered €83m in social welfare overpayments last year
22 Apr 2016
21.2k
103
Woman gave birth at Dublin social welfare office
22 Apr 2016
32.0k
24
Landlord says barriers at social welfare building were not targeted at the homeless
28 Jan 2016
24.5k
59
Department insists no issue with Joan Burton's 'unusual and concerning' letter to constituents
16 Dec 2015
31.2k
100
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 It’s Saturday, here’s what’s happening.
19 Sep 2015
9.5k
Gardaí are being used to interview social welfare claimants
21 Aug 2015
49.3k
144
JobBridge is being reviewed - and may be scrapped altogether
18 Aug 2015
29.6k
126
There's a job going for a 'boner' in Dublin
13 Apr 2015
5.9k
3
You'll need to hand over your PPS number if you want the water grant
10 Apr 2015
16.4k
173
Disappointment at "unusual" news that rent supplement limits won't be increased
27 Mar 2015
12.8k
61
Revenue apologises to 5,000 pensioners after tax blunder
28 Feb 2015
13.7k
36
Hold on to your hats - a new incarnation of JobBridge is on the way
4 Feb 2015
19.6k
95
Social welfare officer allegedly told immigrant to "go back home"
20 Jan 2015
31.6k
285
JobBridge interns used to teach jobseeker classes
18 Jan 2015
19.0k
44
Department's plan to collect data on every child a 'worrying overreach of the State'
7 Jan 2015
16.5k
121
Government funds to pay for funerals halved since 2011
25 Nov 2014
7.2k
16
Are JobBridge interns insured if they have an accident in the workplace?
20 Nov 2014
6.4k
11
It will be September 2015 before you can apply for your €100 water grant
19 Nov 2014
29.4k
98
Signing off for Christmas work? Your dole will be restored 'immediately' afterwards
7 Nov 2014
14.9k
67
Child Benefit: €5 extra per child, per month for parents
14 Oct 2014
21.0k
101
Here's what Irish Water say they'll do with your PPS number
7 Oct 2014
67.5k
250
Opinion: Schemes like Tús don't make a blind bit of difference to long-term unemployment
Donal O'Keeffe
14 Aug 2014
10.0k
44
'JobPath' scheme could help 160,000 long term unemployed
13 Aug 2014
17.8k
98
Social welfare staff are being told to refuse dole payments to 'locked out' Greyhound workers
19 Jul 2014
20.7k
106
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