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# Social Protection Minister

Last year
2022
# maintenance grant
Student grant holders to receive additional maintenance payment in mid-December
For some students, it will result in an additional €679 before the end of the year.
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Oct 17th 2022, 9:03 AM
# budget 2023
Social Protection Minister appears to rule out €20 increase in social welfare payments
Minister Humphreys said there ‘won’t be any money left’ for other measures if this were done.
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Sep 25th 2022, 4:13 PM
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# Welfare Cheats
Most people support Leo Varadkar's welfare fraud campaign - poll
Former social welfare inspector Bernadette Gorman called Varadkar’s latest policy a “solo run” and “hate campaign”.
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May 31st 2017, 6:01 AM
# carers protest
Carers to protest at Dáil today over cuts to grant
They are demanding the immediate restoration of the 19 per cent cut to the Respite Care Grant announced in the Budget.
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Dec 11th 2012, 7:15 AM
# Child Benefit
Report recommends child benefit be cut to about €100 per month
A so-called “two tier” child benefit system, recommended by an advisory group to the Social Protection Minister, would see child benefit payments cut to about €100 per month.
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Oct 1st 2012, 7:34 AM