# regina-doherty - Tuesday 14 August, 2018
# Road Safety
# Road Safety
A new law to require drivers to allow one metre when passing cyclists on roads was announced in February.
# regina-doherty - Saturday 21 July, 2018
# Budget 2019
# Budget 2019
The minister gave a strong indication there will not be a repeat of the €5 increase in social welfare payments in the next Budget.
# regina-doherty - Tuesday 5 June, 2018
# Childcare Costs
# Childcare Costs
Regina Doherty acknowledged that there are issues with the childcare system in Ireland but argued that means testing is cumbersome.
# regina-doherty - Sunday 27 May, 2018
# Together For Yes
# Together For Yes
Together for Yes said the legislation must be enacted as quickly as possible.
# regina-doherty - Friday 11 May, 2018
# Cervical Cancer
# Cervical Cancer
Tony O’Brien has criticised how some TDs conducted themselves at the Public Accounts Committee hearing yesterday.
# regina-doherty - Saturday 7 April, 2018
# Mandatory And Compulsory
# Mandatory And Compulsory
The government is reportedly considering making paid paternity leave mandatory for all new fathers.
# regina-doherty - Friday 6 April, 2018
# Your Say
# Your Say
The Irish Times reports today that the government is planning on introducing both two weeks’ paid parental leave and mandatory paternity leave.
# regina-doherty - Monday 2 April, 2018
# Battle Of Wills
# Battle Of Wills
The man has long maintained that, in being denied a PSC because he refused to get an adoption certificate, he was in effect being discriminated against.
# regina-doherty - Wednesday 28 February, 2018
# Stay Warm
# Stay Warm
The decision means that fuel allowance recipients will now automatically receive €45 for this week instead of the usual €22.50.
# regina-doherty - Wednesday 21 February, 2018
# Scale And Polish
# Scale And Polish
Regina Doherty said there’d been a fourfold increase in the number of claims for free treatment benefits.
# regina-doherty - Sunday 18 February, 2018
# Opinion Poll
# Opinion Poll
Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty says she isn’t sure if the referendum will pass.
# regina-doherty - Thursday 8 February, 2018
# Grave Concerns
# Grave Concerns
The Public Services Card was discussed for the first time in an Oireachtas forum at the Social Protection committee today.
# regina-doherty - Wednesday 31 January, 2018
# Deprived
# Deprived
Lone parents and adults with a disability were worse off than other people of the same age.
# regina-doherty - Sunday 21 January, 2018
# PSC
# PSC
“I just burst out crying,” the 50-year-old woman says. “I really think this is the highest form of discrimination.”
# regina-doherty - Sunday 7 January, 2018
# PR
# PR
The rollout of the card sparked a storm of publicity about its use last year.
# regina-doherty - Saturday 30 December, 2017
# Interview
# Interview
From the Public Services Card to initiating a Garda investigation over Twitter abuse, it’s been an eventful six months for the Meath TD.
# regina-doherty - Thursday 28 December, 2017
# Changing Tack
# Changing Tack
“It’s difficult to say in hindsight whether I would have run such a campaign or not,” says Minister Regina Doherty .
# regina-doherty - Monday 18 December, 2017
# Maternity Leave
# Maternity Leave
Maternity leave was extended for mothers of premature babies back in October – but not for parents of infants born before then.
# regina-doherty - Wednesday 6 December, 2017
# Employment
# Employment
The new Bill to be published this week aims to tackle the casualisation of work.
# regina-doherty - Sunday 26 November, 2017
# Who Blinks First?
# Who Blinks First?
Minister Regina Doherty has said she heard a roar from Fianna Fáil TDs.
# regina-doherty - Friday 24 November, 2017
# Thank Christ
# Thank Christ
But the Social Protection minister says that other changes to social welfare payments are “in limbo”.
# regina-doherty - Thursday 16 November, 2017
# Online Abuse
# Online Abuse
Female members of the Fine Gael party have said comments made by one party member online are “unacceptable”.
# regina-doherty - Tuesday 14 November, 2017
# Pension Disparity
# Pension Disparity
Changes introduced in 2012 altered how a person’s state pension is calculated.
# regina-doherty - Monday 6 November, 2017
# Singled Out
# Singled Out
“This shambolic process is now making me feel like a second class citizen – I’m being treated unequally because I’m adopted.”
# regina-doherty - Saturday 4 November, 2017
# Misinformationfest
# Misinformationfest
Both the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and the Road Safety Authority have walked into a blizzard of criticism over the expansion of the Public Services Card (PSC).
# regina-doherty - Friday 3 November, 2017
# Tis The Seasonal Work
# Tis The Seasonal Work
Businesses are being urged to hire people on the Live Register.
# regina-doherty - Wednesday 18 October, 2017
# Sneaky Fashion
# Sneaky Fashion
A great deal of ire has been directed at the government over the rollout of the card.
# regina-doherty - Sunday 15 October, 2017
# Budget 2018
# Budget 2018
The new scheme aims to target young people who find it difficult to enter employment.
# regina-doherty - Friday 13 October, 2017
# Unofficial Dispute
# Unofficial Dispute
The employment minister said that 299 replacement buses were needed on the Eastern corridor last week.
# regina-doherty - Tuesday 10 October, 2017
# Festive Cheer
# Festive Cheer
The cost of the Christmas bonus is €219 million.
# regina-doherty - Saturday 7 October, 2017
# LGBT
# LGBT
Doherty said she would review the position of non-binary and young trans people in the Gender Recognition Act.
# Jobseekers
# Jobseekers
Catherine MurphyTD has raised serious concerns in the Dáil regarding the activation programme, JobPath.
# regina-doherty - Monday 2 October, 2017
# Column
# Column
Journalists are used to government departments stone-walling them but it’s rare for a department to lie, writes Ken Foxe.
# regina-doherty - Monday 25 September, 2017
# Tackling Obesity
# Tackling Obesity
Schools are recommended to serve water and milk to children as part of the programme.
# Shortchanged
# Shortchanged
The allowance, paid to the current Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty , was found to have “no legal basis”.
# regina-doherty - Monday 11 September, 2017
# End Of The Line
# End Of The Line
The Policing Authority has thanked O’Sullivan for 36 years of service to the force.
# regina-doherty - Sunday 3 September, 2017
# Wherefore Art Thou
# Wherefore Art Thou
Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe is as culpable as anyone when it comes to the furore surrounding the Public Services Card. So why is he keeping such a low profile?
# regina-doherty - Friday 1 September, 2017
# Shake Things Up
# Shake Things Up
A number of functions from the Department of Jobs will transfer to the new Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.
# regina-doherty - Thursday 31 August, 2017
# Data Protection
# Data Protection
The Data Protection Commissioner has voiced concerns about the government’s rollout of the card.
# regina-doherty - Wednesday 30 August, 2017
# PSC
# PSC
Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty earlier said the card will “give an improved, enhanced and effective service”.
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