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# Department of Social Protection

All time
Here's what the social welfare budget paid for last year
9 Jul 2014
20.3k
76
What counties have the highest number of people on rent allowance?
6 Jul 2014
37.2k
59
Should families with teens be given more money to feed them?
5 Jul 2014
13.2k
75
A TD used a Dáil question to ask if a water meter protester would have their dole cut
28 Jun 2014
49.7k
357
Joan Burton's department has refused to name most of the companies who use JobBridge
22 Jun 2014
22.8k
115
1,500 jobseekers are being put on compulsory JobBridge
8 May 2014
37.4k
244
Gardaí investigate employees at Burton's department over €1.2m claims
1 May 2014
20.3k
59
Taoiseach warns of risk of 'welfare dependency' despite falling unemployment
30 Apr 2014
9.8k
64
FLAC says new welfare strategy should target department errors - not just fraud
24 Apr 2014
6.6k
24
Burton's department launches programme to catch welfare fraudsters
24 Apr 2014
15.5k
85
Tesco buys Cabra site from the State for €1.7 million
19 Apr 2014
17.1k
21
Here's how much the government has paid out to homes affected by flooding
18 Apr 2014
6.4k
3
Complaints against social welfare staff have increased six-fold
17 Apr 2014
22.1k
98
Department carried out one million reviews of social welfare recipients last year
10 Apr 2014
12.8k
79
Sligo has the highest rate of people on JobBridge right now
22 Mar 2014
9.0k
53
Less than €2 extra per week for unemployed parents on Gateway scheme
13 Mar 2014
27.8k
171
Drop in foreign nationals employed in Ireland
6 Mar 2014
12.7k
101
Most of 500,000 identity cards in Ireland issued to social welfare claimants
3 Mar 2014
38.7k
120
Under-25s who fail to accept some JobBridge internships could face dole cut
28 Jan 2014
13.0k
144
Munster Express was handed two-month JobBridge ban after complaint from intern
28 Jan 2014
22.6k
48
€24.5m yielded by Revenue in compliance campaign for those with two pensions
30 Dec 2013
8.0k
8
An Post wins new contract to keep delivering social welfare payments
23 Dec 2013
12.0k
52
Over 141,000 social welfare applications rejected in 2013
21 Dec 2013
11.5k
30
This t-shirt nails the feeling of being unemployed in Ireland
30 Nov 2013
4.4k
2
Ireland spends less of its social protection budget on old age benefit than anywhere in EU
21 Nov 2013
5.4k
18
Questions raised over lack of records for Emergency Needs Payments
27 Oct 2013
7.2k
31
Administrative issues stop some welfare recipients paying property tax
24 Oct 2013
6.7k
19
"Employers have to become part of the solution"- Joan Burton
16 Oct 2013
4.5k
45
Core payments were protected thanks to job creation - Burton
15 Oct 2013
4.3k
35
Social Protection dept sends letters to Irish unemployed about jobs... in the UK
5 Oct 2013
10.8k
65
Welfare paid out nearly €100 million in incorrect payments last year
30 Sep 2013
13.0k
89
'Restrictive' criteria denying jobseekers access to support schemes
31 Aug 2013
9.0k
52
Replacing child benefit with school attendance payment 'would save €100m'
23 Aug 2013
14.6k
127
Over 263,000 Public Services Cards issued to social welfare claimants
30 Jul 2013
20.3k
82
Welfare confirms late payments have been made
17 Jul 2013
6.6k
34
Burton will look to protect core welfare payments
5 Jul 2013
6.4k
109
Nearly 1,000 jobs outside of Ireland advertised on government website
4 Jul 2013
9.8k
37
A government website is advertising excavation work for jobseekers... in Iraq
2 Jul 2013
14.7k
79
Open thread: How do you feel about low-paying or unpaid internships?
17 Jun 2013
9.2k
75
217 people have worked JobBridge internships in government departments
17 Jun 2013
9.2k
28
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