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# social-welfare - Monday 25 May, 2020
Numbers on Rent Supplement payment up 20% since beginning of Covid-19 pandemic
Housing groups have warned that Ireland could see a rise in evictions as a result of the crisis.
# social-welfare - Wednesday 6 May, 2020
'It's a perfect storm': Sharp rise in Rent Supplement payments raises concerns over post-Covid 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
Varadkar: 'Extending pandemic payment and wage subsidy scheme may be needed if restrictions stay in place'
Varadkar also said no decision has been made on whether or not to extend the payment.
# social-welfare - Friday 10 April, 2020
Department 'inadvertently' emailed 1,700 people telling them their Covid-19 payment was to be stopped
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
19,000 people close pandemic payment due to claiming it 'in error'
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
Thousands to receive €350 Covid Unemployment Payment today
The payment has led to almost 390,000 applications to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.
# social-welfare - Friday 27 March, 2020
Public transport services to be reduced from next week
Visits to prisons will end from tomorrow, the government has also announced.
Most new Covid-19 unemployment benefit claims to be paid by next week
The first coronavirus-related payments were made earlier this week.
# social-welfare - Thursday 19 March, 2020
Emergency Covid-19 legislation passes all stages in the Dáil
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
Cabinet approves emergency Covid-19 legislation ahead of Thursday's Dáil sitting
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
Man who fraudulently claimed over €225,000 in social welfare admits to falsely claiming a further €18,000
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
New measures to see increases in some social welfare payments from this week
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
Christmas bonus will be paid out to 1.2 million social welfare recipients at start of December
The cost of the Christmas bonus this year will be €279.4 million.
# social-welfare - Wednesday 9 October, 2019
Here's what Budget 2020 means for people receiving social welfare payments
The INOU has said it is “very disappointing” there were no increases to Jobseekers’ payments.
# social-welfare - Monday 16 September, 2019
750,000 social welfare claims to be reviewed as part of Government clampdown on fraud
The Department aims to save €530 million by tackling fraud over the next four years.
# social-welfare - Thursday 5 September, 2019
Data Protection Commission to seek enforcement action over government's refusal to comply with PSC findings
The government is challenging the findings of a landmark report into the legality of the card.
# social-welfare - Friday 26 July, 2019
Dutch man who falsely claimed €200k in social welfare while outside Ireland is jailed for four years
Letters sent to his house in the Dublin 15 were redirected to his address outside the country.
# social-welfare - Friday 5 July, 2019
New social welfare scheme promises 'breathing space' for unemployed artists
Unemployed artists will be able to receive jobseekers allowance while also focusing on their own work for 12 months.
Regina Doherty 'can't guarantee' pension increases in Budget 2020 because of Brexit
The Budget for 2020 will be announced in October – weeks before the UK is due to leave the EU.
# social-welfare - Wednesday 3 July, 2019
Will there be a 2020 Christmas bonus? No decision's been made yet
Pearse Doherty said Christmas comes every year, yet the bonus hasn’t been factored into spending.
# social-welfare - Friday 28 June, 2019
Government to go ahead with plans for self-employed to access jobseeker's payments
Self-employed people will be able to access €203 a week if they’re out of work.
# social-welfare - Monday 17 June, 2019
ESRI warns that carbon taxes 'often regressive in nature'
The government is looking at two models to increase carbon tax and offset the cost to householders.
# social-welfare - Tuesday 23 April, 2019
'It's about a culture change': New welfare payment which could benefit up to 60,000 parents announced
Details of the Parental Leave scheme were announced this morning.
# social-welfare - Sunday 17 February, 2019
'I felt so humiliated, I burst into tears': Woman questions why she was asked for adoption cert when applying for PSC
The woman’s adopted status is not well known and she was unaware she would have to discuss the topic in public.
# social-welfare - Thursday 17 January, 2019
Committee told man on JobPath scheme had his CV amended against his wishes to conceal his ethnicity
Private companies operating JobPath get over €3k for every jobseeker that makes it through the scheme
# social-welfare - Saturday 29 December, 2018
Government says it's owed €475 million in social welfare overpayments
Minister Regina Doherty said a number of measures are taken to try to recover the monies owed.
# social-welfare - Friday 30 November, 2018
Private companies getting €3,718 for every jobseeker that makes it through the State's Jobpath scheme
How much the companies got paid per person has been shrouded in secrecy since the roll out of the programme.
# social-welfare - Thursday 22 November, 2018
Over 300 cases of social welfare fraud reported to gardaí last year
Social welfare fraud totalled €38.4 million in 2017, down from €41 million in 2016.
# social-welfare - Sunday 4 November, 2018
State has covered the cost of 5,000 funerals and burials over two years
Exceptional needs payments can be made under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme.
# social-welfare - Tuesday 9 October, 2018
Here's what Budget 2019 means for people receiving social welfare payments
The Christmas bonus will be fully restored for the first time since the economic downturn.
# social-welfare - Sunday 7 October, 2018
Welfare increase, fuel hike and income tax cuts: Here's what's coming in Budget 2019
Petrol, diesel, fuel and cigarettes are all set to rise.
# social-welfare - Monday 1 October, 2018
Sinn Féin proposes €400 second-home tax, 5% high-earner levy and pension hike
The party’s alternative budget proposes a €1 billion boost for social housing.
# social-welfare - Friday 28 September, 2018
Over 11,000 jobseekers forced to do exact same programme twice
Concerns have been raised about the repeat fees being paid to the companies operating the Jobpath programme.
# social-welfare - Tuesday 25 September, 2018
'A cheap headline': Minister has no intention of scrapping welfare Christmas bonus
She said people on welfare payments were needlessly worried by news reports this morning.
# social-welfare - Thursday 30 August, 2018
Overhauling a dole system that 'discourages' jobseekers could help plug Ireland's skills gaps
The National Recruitment Federation also noted the cost of childcare is keeping people out of work.
# social-welfare - Tuesday 28 August, 2018
GPs accuse Dept of 'using vulnerable patients as fodder' in row over illness benefit forms
The Department of Social Protection has accused GPs of delaying the payouts of illness benefits.
People are waiting weeks for illness benefits due to an issue between GPs and Department
Many people have said that neither their GP or the Department informed them of the changeover in the forms required when claiming their benefit.
# social-welfare - Saturday 4 August, 2018
Over 1,000 inspections carried out by Welfare to detect 'bogus self employment'
More inspections are to be carried out in the near future.
# social-welfare - Monday 12 March, 2018
Extra week of fuel allowance to be paid this week to over 368,000 households after cold weather
In total, an extra €22.50 will be paid to over 368,000 households.
# social-welfare - Wednesday 28 February, 2018
Welfare payments due on Friday will now be paid tomorrow
The fuel allowance payment was also doubled for this week.
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YESTERDAY, CHIEF MEDICAL Officer Dr Tony Holohan said the advice against indoor gatherings still stands, after reports of a church in Dublin opening its doors for mass.
It was reported that the Church of the Guardian Angels in Blackrock had reopened for mass, with the congregation spaced out on chairs.
Holohan said he had not heard of this specific instance, reiterated that health officials “are advising against indoor gatherings for the reasons we’ve set out”.
“We don’t think now is the right time,” he said.
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