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#Jobseeker's Benefit
# jobseekers-benefit - Saturday 4 July, 2020
Going overseas against travel advice will cost claimants Jobseekers or PUP payments
Claimants would not be able to claim for the duration of their holiday and two weeks afterwards.
# jobseekers-benefit - Friday 28 June, 2019
Government to go ahead with plans for self-employed to access jobseeker's payments
Self-employed people will be able to access €203 a week if they’re out of work.
# jobseekers-benefit - Wednesday 4 October, 2017
FactFind: How does Ireland's jobseeker's benefit compare to the rest of the EU?
One of the Budget talking points will be how our social welfare benefits compare to our EU counterparts.
# jobseekers-benefit - Tuesday 1 November, 2016
Waiting times for social welfare payments vary from one week to 40 weeks
As of 30 September, the average waiting time to receive a carer’s allowance was about nine months.
# jobseekers-benefit - Tuesday 11 October, 2016
FactCheck: How do jobseeker's payments here compare to Northern Ireland?
In the Dáil last week, Leo Varadkar asked TheJournal.ie for a fact check. We accepted that request.
# jobseekers-benefit - Monday 25 July, 2016
Varadkar plans to raise dole payments depending on how long you've worked
The INOU has welcomed the plan, which the Department of Social Protection told TheJournal.ie is under consideration.
# jobseekers-benefit - Monday 23 November, 2015
Under 26 and on the dole? Labour has some good news for you - sort of
Young adults are currently paid a lower rate of jobseeker’s allowance.
# jobseekers-benefit - Friday 9 January, 2015
'Dear Joan: Today, I sat in a dole office and cried to a complete stranger through a glass partition'
An open letter to the Minister for Social Protection: “I left that office embarrassed, angry, degraded, and a shadow of the educated, confident woman I am meant to be.”
# jobseekers-benefit - Friday 7 November, 2014
Signing off for Christmas work? Your dole will be restored 'immediately' afterwards
Minister Kevin Humphreys is reminding those on Jobseekers payments that seasonal work of up to eight weeks can be taken.
# jobseekers-benefit - Wednesday 2 July, 2014
Almost 3,000 extra young people were signing on last month
Overall, the number of people on the Live Register decreased by 4,400 in June.
# jobseekers-benefit - Monday 16 June, 2014
Appealing a social welfare decision? You could be in for a long wait
The average processing time of an appeal is six months.
# jobseekers-benefit - Sunday 23 February, 2014
Jobseeker payments expenditure to fall by as much as 20 per cent
The spend in 2014 is expected to be close to half of what it was in 2011.
# jobseekers-benefit - Tuesday 16 July, 2013
Social welfare payments delayed by one day, affecting 32,700 people
The Department of Social Protection has blamed a “once off processing issue” for the delay with some payments today. They will be paid tomorrow.
# jobseekers-benefit - Friday 8 March, 2013
€669 million saved through social welfare control measures in 2012
Jobseeker’s benefit was the only payment that had a lower rate of suspected fraud than departmental error.
# jobseekers-benefit - Friday 11 January, 2013
Government to hire private companies to find work for long-term unemployed Exclusive
Leaked bailout documents reveal new Department of Social Protection plans to get longstanding jobseekers back to work.
# jobseekers-benefit - Friday 4 January, 2013
Small drop in live register figures - but unemployment stays at 14.6 per cent
The number of people aged 25 or under on the live register dropped for the 29th month in a row.
# jobseekers-benefit - Tuesday 11 December, 2012
Dáil to begin debating Budget's changes to social welfare system
The Social Welfare Bill, which gives legal effect to cuts to the respite care grant and other changes, will be debated this week.
# jobseekers-benefit - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
Burton asks for extra €685 million in social protection funding... for 2012
On the day of Budget 2013, Joan Burton asks an Oireachtas committee to approve a 5.1 per cent increase for 2012.
# jobseekers-benefit - Tuesday 4 December, 2012
Readers' Panel Part One: What are you expecting from Budget 2013?
We spoke to some readers about their hopes and fears ahead of tomorrow’s budget. Here’s what they had to say, in their own words.
# jobseekers-benefit - Monday 19 November, 2012
Burton: Unemployed who work over Christmas "should not have any concerns"
Those who are unemployed are able to work or attend a training course for up to eight weeks without it impacting on their various allowances.
# jobseekers-benefit - Wednesday 3 October, 2012
Oireachtas committee considers access to welfare for self-employed
The committee heard from the Self Employed Alliance Dundalk who said there has been “unjust, unwarranted discrimination” against self-employed people.
# jobseekers-benefit - Saturday 16 June, 2012
Just 10-20 per cent of people better off on dole, says ESRI
The economic think-tank has revised the findings from a controversial working paper which it pulled earlier this week.
# jobseekers-benefit - Monday 28 May, 2012
Column: Our welfare system is broken. We can fix it… by paying everybody.
Paying rich and poor alike might sound counter-intuitive – but it could lay the foundation for a welfare system that works, writes Anne B Ryan.
# jobseekers-benefit - Monday 6 February, 2012
Those on benefits do not have enough for 'basic standard of living'
A report being launched today highlights the difficulties of those in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit who do not have enough to meet their physical, psychological, spiritual and social needs.
# jobseekers-benefit - Tuesday 24 January, 2012
New welfare 'profiling' to determine when jobless likely to find work
The new system aims to reduce long-term unemployment – and penalise people who refuse work or training.
# jobseekers-benefit - Tuesday 6 December, 2011
Changes to part-time jobseeker's payment will not benefit unemployed - INOU
The unemployed will not benefit from the changes to the way jobseeker’s payments are paid, the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed has said.
# jobseekers-benefit - Tuesday 22 November, 2011
Criminal Assets Bureau takings now over €133million
The CAB handed more than €7million to the Exchequer last year, amid suggestions its methods could be rolled out across Europe.
# jobseekers-benefit - Monday 18 July, 2011
Take 5: Monday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock
# jobseekers-benefit - Wednesday 1 June, 2011
Unemployment rate increased in May, reaching 14.8 per cent
Figures from the Central Statistics Office show that the numbers signing on jumped by 2,600 in the month of May.
# jobseekers-benefit - Thursday 5 May, 2011
Unemployment down slightly as Live Register is unchanged
Ireland’s rate of unemployment now stands at 14.6 per cent, down 0.1 from last month, with 439,200 signing on.
# jobseekers-benefit - Wednesday 30 March, 2011
Unemployment stays at 14.7 per cent as live register rises
1,100 more people were signing on March, up by almost 11,000 on the same time last year but down on September’s peak.
# jobseekers-benefit - Thursday 6 January, 2011
Take 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
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Poll: Have you been to a cinema since they re-opened?
CINEMAS IN IRELAND were permitted to re-open under Phase Three of re-opening the country on 29 June.
Dublin Airport said yesterday that last month was the dullest July in 34 years according to its Met Éireann station there so the weather certainly suited the cinema.
In recent weeks, some cinema chains across the country have begun to re-open their doors and – with many of the top film studios delaying the release of their latest blockbusters – many have been screening some classic movies to entice the audiences in.
And, as in many other situations, capacity in cinemas is now reduced due to the need for social distancing.
So, today we’re asking you: Have you been to a cinema since they re-opened?
Poll Results:
No (4392)
I wouldn't usually go to the cinema anyway (616)
No cinema near me has re-opened (364)
Yes (363)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Opinion: We've waited long enough - we must wipe out nuclear weapons for good
By International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Opinion: 'Lebanon needs help - or the consequences for the Middle East don't bear thinking about'
By Brid Kennedy
Yesterday’s explosion made a desperate situation worse, writes Bríd Kennedy of Concern.
Tribute: John Hume said setting up the first credit union in Northern Ireland was 'the thing I'm proudest of'
By Gerry Thompson
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