Minister reminds affected workers in Kildare, Laois and Offaly to avail of PUP and illness benefit
Heather Humphreys emphasised the income supports available to people impacted by regional restrictions.
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Heather Humphreys emphasised the income supports available to people impacted by regional restrictions.
Around 10,000 people appealed after having their PUP reduced from €350 to €203 a week.
Jobseekers will face tough competition with hundreds of thousands of people still out of work as a direct result of the pandemic.
The approach taken by inspectors has prompted concern and criticism in recent days.
The Data Protection Commission is seeking further clarity from the department over the actions of social welfare inspectors at airports.
It comes after a review of 2,500 people who’ve had their payment stopped.
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.
The Department said that the vast majority of welfare payments that were ceased were to people who left the country “permanently”.
The number of people in receipt of Covid-related payments is decreasing as more businesses start to reopen.
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The takeaway? People who work in pubs are SAINTS.
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A tense square-off indeed.
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The two eight-week-old pups had been abandoned behind the high wall for about four days, leaving them severely dehydrated.
The young pup was born on land without the ability to swim – but has been taking lessons from his mother.
Spence, who was jailed for the murder of a Catholic man in the sixties, later was at the forefront of the UVF ceasefire.