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# PRSI

Last year
2022
# financial planning
Almost 1 in 4 people close to retirement age have no pension plan
38% of adults surveyed have no pension plan in place.
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Sep 20th 2022, 9:51 AM
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# Courts
Contributions paid by undocumented worker cannot be counted in social welfare payments application
The Supreme Court ruled that Sharda Sobhy is not entitled to have PAYE and PRSI payments considered in her application for maternity benefit.
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Dec 16th 2021, 6:11 PM
# Unemployment Supports
Employees face income support 'cliff edge' unless supplementary payments extended, says Sinn Féin TD
The Short Term Work Support benefit is coming to a close for many in receipt of it, which will affect workers in industries impacted by Covid-19, particularly aviation.
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Jun 8th 2021, 6:15 AM
# Social Welfare
New weekly payment of €203 introduced for 65-year-olds after rise of pension age
A person in receipt of this payment will not be required to be available for full-time work.
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Feb 8th 2021, 7:27 AM
# Unemployment
New unemployment payment linked to past working history set to be introduced when PUP is phased out
Varadkar said the phasing out of the PUP provides an opportunity to reform the country’s social welfare system.
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Feb 6th 2021, 6:30 AM
# it's complicated
Why hasn't the government merged the PRSI and the USC yet? Minister says it's 'complex'
Sinn Féin says the lack of follow-through in the amalgamation is just another broken promise by Fine Gael.
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Jun 30th 2019, 7:30 AM
# Dental Plan
Your PRSI gets you a free scale and polish and 300,000 availed of it so far this year
Half a million claims for dental scale and polish, free glasses and hearing aids have been made.
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May 18th 2019, 6:30 AM
# Privatisation
Dentists say government's new oral health policy will result in more teeth being extracted in both children and adults
The Irish Dental Association says policy will be ‘catastrophic’ for adults and children in lower income areas.
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May 15th 2019, 11:25 AM
# optical inclusion
There were over one million claims for free dental and eye care through the new PRSI agreement
Over one million claims were made by employees paying PRSI social insurance a with over 190,000 claims made by self-employed people.
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Jan 10th 2019, 7:00 PM
# Domestic Violence
Change to PRSI arrangements could leave women in danger of abusive partners
Up to last year, if a patient qualified under their spouse or partner’s benefit, they simply had to sign a form at the clinic.
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Mar 3rd 2018, 6:30 AM
# scale and polish
Minister says it's 'absolutely deadly' that more people have availed of free dental and eye exams
Regina Doherty said there’d been a fourfold increase in the number of claims for free treatment benefits.
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Feb 21st 2018, 7:26 AM
# marriage bar
'I never cost the State a penny, but now they're taking part of my pension'
Tens of thousands of people are losing out on receiving a full State pension due to rules that were introduced in 2012.
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Jan 18th 2018, 6:00 AM
# Gender Equality
Commission on the status of women in Ireland to be launched
It’s understood this is one of the concrete offerings in Fine Gael’s new ‘rolling manifesto’ It will focus on removing gender barriers from all aspects of Irish life.
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Nov 12th 2017, 8:18 AM
# Newborns
More than 27,000 fathers have taken paternity leave so far
“We have to take a wider societal view and not think of rearing children as something best done in one’s spare time, preferably by women,” Deirdre Clune said.
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Nov 8th 2017, 6:30 AM
# Dental Plan
Your PRSI will now let you get a free scale and polish
From today, workers are entitled to a full scale and polish, and if necessary, protracted periodontal treatment.
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Oct 28th 2017, 3:04 PM
# Taxing Issues
Sinn Féin accuses Fine Gael of 'populist policy' as it retracts promise to abolish USC
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe yesterday announced plans to merge USC and PRSI.
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Jul 6th 2017, 11:58 AM
# Revenue
A bust waste firm and a well-known PR agency are on the latest tax defaulters list
The firm behind Insights Consultants agreed a settlement with the tax man.
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Jun 27th 2017, 6:10 PM
# looking into it
Self-employed would 'pay more tax if they got extra benefits in return'
Leo Varadkar said that the results of the survey carried out by his department would inform Budget 2018.
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May 2nd 2017, 7:00 AM
# Newborns
7,000 fathers have taken paid paternity leave since it was introduced
The initiative allows fathers to take two weeks off work to help care for their babies, if they have enough PRSI contributions.
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Mar 3rd 2017, 6:10 AM
# Lisa Needs Braces
Your PRSI will now let you get a free teeth cleaning
DENTAL PLAN!
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Oct 11th 2016, 6:36 PM
# Money in your pocket
Here's how much your tax goes up as your wages increase
Workers here often pay more in tax than those in other European countries.
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Sep 20th 2016, 10:06 AM
# Benefits
Self-employed workers' rights were on the back burner for years, so why the change of heart now?
Social Protection Minister Leo Varadkar wants to know what benefits self-employed workers want.
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Aug 20th 2016, 9:30 AM
# Benefits
Unemployment benefits are top of the wish list for the self-employed
However, the head of ISME says the government needs to show some leadership on the issue.
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Aug 8th 2016, 12:26 PM
# PRSI
Varadkar: pay deal for local councillors nothing to do with leadership bid
Minister for Social Protection wants to offer either a PRSI cut or a state pension to councillors, as part of a wider reform.
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Jul 26th 2016, 1:54 PM
# Jobseeker's Benefit
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.
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Jul 25th 2016, 11:32 AM
# Breakdown
Here's how many people will get more cash with the PRSI credit - and exactly how much they'll receive
The changes affect people on incomes from €352 to €424 a week.
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Nov 9th 2015, 6:05 AM
# flat tax
Renua's radical plan to abolish loads of taxes and the TV licence
The party has proposed the introduction of a flat rate of 23% on all income.
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Oct 5th 2015, 1:12 PM
# A lengthy list
Fianna Fáil's 45 reasons why Enda was wrong about not increasing taxes
The Taoiseach’s comments about not increasing taxes have raised some eyebrows.
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Jun 30th 2015, 4:41 PM
# parliamentary language
Joan slams social welfare fraudsters for 'giving two fingers to their neighbours'
Tens of millions of euro are overpaid each year.
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Jun 24th 2015, 8:30 PM
# open wide
More people are being hospitalised because of problems with their teeth
The IDA is calling on the Tánaiste to reinstate the PRSI dental scheme.
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Apr 17th 2015, 6:10 AM
# Shinnernomics
Is Sinn Féin really proposing a 73 per cent tax rate?
The opposition party has come under attack for its budget proposals this week.
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Oct 11th 2014, 7:00 AM
# reduction seduction
Enda Kenny hints at cut to top tax rate
“First step in a multi-annual plan…”
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Oct 9th 2014, 9:51 PM
# Oops
The Houses of the Oireachtas have made Revenue's tax defaulters list
Yes, really.
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Jun 10th 2014, 2:55 PM
# Back Taxes
Revenue demanded €200,000 in unpaid tax from Paris Bakery
The figures owed relate to alleged non-payment of PRSI, PAYE and VAT.
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May 26th 2014, 1:09 PM
Voices
Column: Clarity is needed on the pension levy 'jobs initiatives' claim
The Government’s inaction on pensions begs the question of whether it has a long-term strategy for pensions at all, writes Samantha McConnell.
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Feb 4th 2014, 4:59 PM
# Social Welfare
Over 141,000 social welfare applications rejected in 2013
Figures from the Department of Social Protection revealed more than 23,000 appeals were lodged in the first ten months of this year.
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Dec 21st 2013, 7:45 AM
# Social insurance
ISME: Plans to increase PRSI for self employed "utter madness"
The proposed rise in Pay Related Social Insurance is being considered by Minister Joan Burton.
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Sep 6th 2013, 2:44 PM
# Budget 2013
Budget 2013: what measures kick in today
Child benefit cuts, respite carer grant cuts and motor tax increases.
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Jan 1st 2013, 12:43 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Happy New Year! Here’s the nine things you need to know as you begin the first morning of 2013.
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Jan 1st 2013, 8:47 AM
# Jobswatch
Small and medium businesses could* deliver 20,000 jobs
The Small Firms Association makes optimistic prediction for 2013 – *but only if SMEs are “placed at the heart of economic policy”.
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Dec 28th 2012, 6:45 AM
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