# social-welfare - Monday 8 February, 2021
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
A person in receipt of this payment will not be required to be available for full-time work.
# social-welfare - Thursday 31 December, 2020
# Looking Forwad
# Looking Forwad
Many changes for Budget 2021 kick in next month.
# social-welfare - Wednesday 9 December, 2020
# PUP
# PUP
The move aims to help those who want to take up occasional intermittent work without losing their payment,
# social-welfare - Thursday 3 December, 2020
# Out Of Work
# Out Of Work
Over 102,321 people in the sector are on the payment.
# social-welfare - Thursday 26 November, 2020
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
The bonus will be paid in the week beginning 7 December.
# social-welfare - Monday 9 November, 2020
# PUP
# PUP
The minister for social protection said the rise in the number of PUP recipients was expected given the Level 5 restrictions in place.
# social-welfare - Monday 19 October, 2020
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
The payment was cut to a maximum of €300 per week last month.
# PUP
# PUP
244,153 people are now in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.
# social-welfare - Tuesday 13 October, 2020
# Budget 2021
# Budget 2021
The government released its €17.75 billion Budget package earlier today.
# PUP
# PUP
The measure was announced as part of Budget 2021 today.
# PUP
# PUP
The announcement that those on the PUP in December will receive a Christmas bonus was part of Budget 2021 announced today.
# social-welfare - Monday 12 October, 2020
# PUP
# PUP
228,858 people are now in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
The move was welcomed by An Post and the postmasters union.
# social-welfare - Thursday 30 July, 2020
# Data Collection
# Data Collection
The Data Protection Commission is seeking further clarity from the department over the actions of social welfare inspectors at airports.
# social-welfare - Tuesday 28 July, 2020
# Penalised
# Penalised
A number of concerns about how welfare payments were cut if citizens travelled abroad have been raised.
# Covid PUP
# Covid PUP
The Department said that the vast majority of welfare payments that were ceased were to people who left the country “permanently”.
# social-welfare - Monday 27 July, 2020
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
Over 140 people have had their welfare payments stopped after travelling abroad – but others receiving State benefits aren’t affected.
# social-welfare - Thursday 25 June, 2020
# Criminal Assets
# Criminal Assets
The jump in frozen assets is due in the main to the granting of a freezing order over cryptocurrency to the value of €53 million.
# social-welfare - Tuesday 16 June, 2020
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
Department of Social Protection staff processed more than 1.2 million claims in a few weeks.
# social-welfare - Sunday 14 June, 2020
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
The government announced the changes to the eligibility for the payment today.
# social-welfare - Monday 8 June, 2020
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
The number of households on the payment has risen by 5,136 since mid-March.
# social-welfare - Tuesday 2 June, 2020
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
€190.2 million worth of payments were issued to 543,200 people today.
# social-welfare - Monday 25 May, 2020
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
Housing groups have warned that Ireland could see a rise in evictions as a result of the crisis.
# social-welfare - Wednesday 6 May, 2020
# The Other Crisis
# The Other Crisis
There has been a 15% increase in the number of people receiving Rent Supplement since Covid-19 restrictions began.
# social-welfare - Friday 24 April, 2020
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
Varadkar also said no decision has been made on whether or not to extend the payment.
# social-welfare - Friday 10 April, 2020
# Covid19 Unemployment
# Covid19 Unemployment
The department said it has now emailed all individuals affected to advise them of the error and reassure them their payment will continue.
# social-welfare - Wednesday 8 April, 2020
# Wages
# Wages
The government says the temporary wage subsidy scheme is not being taxed at the time at which you receive it.
# social-welfare - Tuesday 31 March, 2020
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
The payment has led to almost 390,000 applications to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.
# social-welfare - Friday 27 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Visits to prisons will end from tomorrow, the government has also announced.
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
The first coronavirus-related payments were made earlier this week.
# social-welfare - Thursday 19 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The government included a sunset clause for the legislation to be review in November after concerns were raised by TDs.
# social-welfare - Tuesday 17 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Leo Varadkar and President Michael D Higgins met this afternoon to discuss the State’s efforts to combat the coronavirus.
# social-welfare - Monday 20 January, 2020
# Jail
# Jail
Leendert Stolk fraudulently used a school stamp while claiming child benefit for his two children between 2011 and 2018, a court heard today.
# social-welfare - Tuesday 7 January, 2020
# Money Money Money
# Money Money Money
Pensioners and people with disabilities who are living alone are the main cohort of social welfare recipients to benefit.
# social-welfare - Thursday 21 November, 2019
# Festive Cheer
# Festive Cheer
The cost of the Christmas bonus this year will be €279.4 million.
# social-welfare - Wednesday 9 October, 2019
# Budget 2020
# Budget 2020
The INOU has said it is “very disappointing” there were no increases to Jobseekers’ payments.
# social-welfare - Monday 16 September, 2019
# Welfare Fraud
# Welfare Fraud
The Department aims to save €530 million by tackling fraud over the next four years.
# social-welfare - Thursday 5 September, 2019
# Public Services Card
# Public Services Card
The government is challenging the findings of a landmark report into the legality of the card.
# social-welfare - Friday 26 July, 2019
# Courts
# Courts
Letters sent to his house in the Dublin 15 were redirected to his address outside the country.
# social-welfare - Friday 5 July, 2019
# Draw The Dole
# Draw The Dole
Unemployed artists will be able to receive jobseekers allowance while also focusing on their own work for 12 months.
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