# social-welfare - Tuesday 5 August, 2014
It’s the start of your four-day week – and here’s everything you need to know as you start your day.
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# social-welfare - Monday 21 July, 2014
No, you can’t have them. There were all returned to the Department.
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# social-welfare - Saturday 19 July, 2014
A circular issued to social welfare staff advises them to reject applications for jobseeker’s payments.
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# social-welfare - Thursday 17 July, 2014
A new study has found that the number in receipt of these payments are just a little or below the number in the work force.
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# social-welfare - Wednesday 9 July, 2014
Between pensions, jobseeker’s payments and allowances for children and carers, Joan Burton’s department spend €20.3 billion.
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# social-welfare - Sunday 6 July, 2014
Outside of Dublin, Wexford has the highest concentration.
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# social-welfare - Thursday 3 July, 2014
Changes to the plan were announced two years ago.
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# social-welfare - Monday 16 June, 2014
The average processing time of an appeal is six months.
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# social-welfare - Sunday 15 June, 2014
Joan Burton came under fire in the Dáil this week for cuts to grants and delays in social welfare decisions.
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# social-welfare - Wednesday 11 June, 2014
TDs will debate the controversial issue in the Dáil today.
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# social-welfare - Thursday 5 June, 2014
That was the Higher Levels. The Ordinary Levels were asked one entire question about soup.
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That’s one of the subjects up for debate in Leinster House today.
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# social-welfare - Saturday 31 May, 2014
Charity, St Vincent de Paul is worried that adults without children won’t be able to afford water as there are no extra allowances for them.
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# social-welfare - Wednesday 28 May, 2014
In Ireland campaigners want the government to introduce clear, transparent and accessible determination procedures to allow the swift identification of stateless persons.
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# social-welfare - Sunday 4 May, 2014
The Government is unsure if the move would save money, but it’s looking into it.
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This is due to the scale of anti-fraud measures that must be developed.
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# social-welfare - Thursday 1 May, 2014
It is alleged that the employees were making payments to a number of individuals that were “not appropriate”.
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# social-welfare - Wednesday 30 April, 2014
An Taoiseach made the comments as Live Register declined for the 22nd consecutive month.
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It represents the 22nd month in a row that the number of claimants on the Live Register has fallen.
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# social-welfare - Thursday 24 April, 2014
The organisation’s director general said Burton’s anti-fraud programme makes a concerning link between overpayments and fraud and creates potential for people making repayments to fall into destitution.
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After two years of being unemployed, I’ve just started a JobBridge internship. The experience has been a mixed one so far.
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The Irish Postmasters’ Union is set to work with Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte to diversify services.
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In one instance, a man claiming jobseeker’s had €400,000 in his bank account and the minister said some €10 million has already been recovered as part of her department’s new system.
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# social-welfare - Thursday 17 April, 2014
It’s Thursday – and here’s everything you need to know before 9am.
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Some 171 complaints were made against named officers in 2013, up from 27 in 2010.
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# social-welfare - Tuesday 15 April, 2014
Twenty gardaí are to be sent around the country as part of a new pilot scheme to crack down on social welfare fraud.
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# social-welfare - Sunday 13 April, 2014
However, funding remains a significant hindrance to many fishermen.
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# social-welfare - Thursday 10 April, 2014
The Department of Social Protection says it saved €632 million in 2013 by carrying out the reviews in a bid to minimise social welfare fraud.
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# social-welfare - Sunday 6 April, 2014
It’s the last day of the weekend – and here’s everything you need to know as we start the day.
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# social-welfare - Thursday 27 March, 2014
ISME is calling for self-employed person to have the option of paying a higher rate of PRSI in order to entitled them to the same social welfare payments as their PAYE counterparts.
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# social-welfare - Thursday 13 March, 2014
Today MEPs voted to endorse the findings of a report into the Troika – but ultimately there will be no sanctions. Ireland is not yet free from economic shackles, writes Nessa Childers MEP.
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# social-welfare - Monday 3 March, 2014
Almost 239,000 of these cards have been issued in Dublin.
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# social-welfare - Friday 21 February, 2014
The INOU said participants need to be matched appropriately to suitable positions.
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# social-welfare - Monday 10 February, 2014
Good morning! Here are the nine stories you need to know this morning as the week begins.
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# social-welfare - Sunday 2 February, 2014
Former bar trade worker Colm Williamson’s hoping to create five jobs over the next year as he goes full-time with ‘Ireland’s Number One Satire News Source’.
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# social-welfare - Thursday 30 January, 2014
The Government had a knee-jerk reaction last year and cut Mobility Allowance to new applicants. Nearly 12 months later, those in need are still in limbo, writes Anne-Maree Quinn.
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# social-welfare - Sunday 26 January, 2014
The issue has been in the spotlight after an elderly woman had her pension stopped when she refused to engage with inspectors.
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Good morning! Here are the nine things you need to know this stormy Sunday morning…
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# social-welfare - Thursday 9 January, 2014
Cuts introduced since the beginning of the economic crisis have had a devastating effect on lone parent families, writes Louise Bayliss.
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# social-welfare - Sunday 29 December, 2013
Jobseekers can receive payments and supports at the new centres.
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