# heather-humphreys - Friday 19 February, 2021
# Rent Supplement
# Rent Supplement
Rent supplement can be provided for an initial three-month period and the usual means test does not apply.
# heather-humphreys - Monday 8 February, 2021
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
A person in receipt of this payment will not be required to be available for full-time work.
# heather-humphreys - Tuesday 5 January, 2021
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The scheme has cost the State over €5 billion since last March.
# heather-humphreys - Friday 1 January, 2021
# Social Protection
# Social Protection
A bilateral agreement covers a range of different benefits including those for sickness, parents, pensions and unemployment.
# heather-humphreys - Tuesday 22 December, 2020
# Pup Payments
# Pup Payments
Minister Heather Humphreys said applications would be processed “without delay”.
# heather-humphreys - Monday 14 December, 2020
# PUP
# PUP
There are just over 300,000 people in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment.
# heather-humphreys - Wednesday 9 December, 2020
# PUP
# PUP
The move aims to help those who want to take up occasional intermittent work without losing their payment,
# heather-humphreys - Tuesday 1 December, 2020
# Money Owed
# Money Owed
Some cases progressed more slowly due to their complexity and due to inadequate or inaccurate information provided.
# heather-humphreys - Tuesday 24 November, 2020
# Extension
# Extension
Following a decision in September, the PUP was due to close to new applications on 31 December.
# heather-humphreys - Wednesday 18 November, 2020
# Blended Working
# Blended Working
A right to disconnect regulation is also under review.
# heather-humphreys - Monday 16 November, 2020
# Covid-19 PUP
# Covid-19 PUP
Some 37,430 people receiving the Covid-19 PUP this week will see an increase in their rate of payment.
# heather-humphreys - Monday 9 November, 2020
# PUP
# PUP
The minister for social protection said the rise in the number of PUP recipients was expected given the Level 5 restrictions in place.
# heather-humphreys - Tuesday 13 October, 2020
# PUP
# PUP
The announcement that those on the PUP in December will receive a Christmas bonus was part of Budget 2021 announced today.
# heather-humphreys - Monday 12 October, 2020
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
The move was welcomed by An Post and the postmasters union.
# heather-humphreys - Tuesday 6 October, 2020
# 10 Cent Rise
# 10 Cent Rise
Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys said 122,000 low-paid workers would benefit from the increase.
# heather-humphreys - Tuesday 22 September, 2020
# SUPPORTS
# SUPPORTS
Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys said the money will have to be paid back.
# heather-humphreys - Thursday 17 September, 2020
# Job Losses
# Job Losses
The PUP will move from two rates of payment to three rates, and the top rate is being reduced.
# heather-humphreys - Tuesday 15 September, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
Changes to payment rates will still go ahead as planned on 17 September.
# heather-humphreys - Monday 17 August, 2020
# Covid-19 Payment
# Covid-19 Payment
Anybody who is eligible but did not confirm it can have the payment restored by re-applying online.
# heather-humphreys - Thursday 6 August, 2020
# Funding
# Funding
The scheme has been extended to include families on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.
# heather-humphreys - Monday 3 August, 2020
# Covid Supports
# Covid Supports
Minister Heather Humphreys said that the aim was to “increase footfall in rural towns and villages” during the pandemic.
# heather-humphreys - Sunday 2 August, 2020
# PUP
# PUP
Around 10,000 people appealed after having their PUP reduced from €350 to €203 a week.
# heather-humphreys - Wednesday 29 July, 2020
# Pandemic Payment
# Pandemic Payment
It comes after a review of 2,500 people who’ve had their payment stopped.
# heather-humphreys - Tuesday 28 July, 2020
# Covid-19 Benefit
# Covid-19 Benefit
The Dáil passed legislation this evening that gave the payment a legal basis and said that those in receipt of it must be “genuinely seeking” work.
# heather-humphreys - Monday 27 July, 2020
# Social Protection
# Social Protection
The decision to cut welfare payments after recipients’ holidays abroad has been criticised by TDs as unfair, misguided and discriminatory.
# heather-humphreys - Monday 25 May, 2020
# Social Distancing
# Social Distancing
Concerns have been raised about the impact the measures will have on businesses as the country re-opens.
# heather-humphreys - Wednesday 13 May, 2020
# Business Closures
# Business Closures
ISME says businesses are ‘bleeding out cash’.
# heather-humphreys - Saturday 9 May, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The HSA can order a business to shut down operations if it doesn’t comply with the measures.
# heather-humphreys - Saturday 2 May, 2020
# Re-opening
# Re-opening
Minister Heather Humphreys said some businesses may have closed when there was no need to.
# heather-humphreys - Thursday 30 April, 2020
# Pandemic Cover
# Pandemic Cover
Labour’s Brendan Howlin said businesses fear being held liable for their employees or their customers becoming victims of Covid-19.
# heather-humphreys - Wednesday 29 April, 2020
# BUSINESS SUPPORTS
# BUSINESS SUPPORTS
Another package of business supports will be announced shortly, said Minister Heather Humphreys .
# heather-humphreys - Wednesday 8 April, 2020
# Liquidity
# Liquidity
The supports aim to help with liquidity issues experienced by businesses.
# heather-humphreys - Thursday 27 February, 2020
# Aid
# Aid
The scheme will be provided by the Irish Red Cross on behalf of the government.
# heather-humphreys - Wednesday 15 January, 2020
# Ge2020
# Ge2020
The Taoiseach hit the road to Monaghan.
# heather-humphreys - Friday 29 November, 2019
# Cyber Monday
# Cyber Monday
From next week, shoppers will be able to use more than one voucher per transaction.
# heather-humphreys - Thursday 29 August, 2019
# No Deal
# No Deal
Yesterday the queen approved a request to suspend UK parliament next month.
# heather-humphreys - Friday 16 August, 2019
# Work Life Balance
# Work Life Balance
The law would give workers the right to avoid emails out of hours.
# heather-humphreys - Thursday 15 August, 2019
# HIGH PREMIUMS
# HIGH PREMIUMS
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission is to probe into the increasing levels of public liability insurance premiums.
# heather-humphreys - Thursday 25 July, 2019
# Brexit Deal
# Brexit Deal
Speaking yesterday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the UK will “do a new deal, a better deal”.
# heather-humphreys - Thursday 20 June, 2019
# Career Opportunities
# Career Opportunities
The move will see the company’s Irish workforce expand by two thirds.
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