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Social Welfare
Here's what the social welfare budget paid for last year
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Social Welfare
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6 Jul 2014
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Welfare
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28 Jun 2014
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JobBridge
Joan Burton's department has refused to name most of the companies who use JobBridge
22 Jun 2014
22.8k
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Incentive
1,500 jobseekers are being put on compulsory JobBridge
8 May 2014
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Fraud
Gardaí investigate employees at Burton's department over €1.2m claims
1 May 2014
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Jobseekers
Taoiseach warns of risk of 'welfare dependency' despite falling unemployment
30 Apr 2014
9.8k
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fraudsters
FLAC says new welfare strategy should target department errors - not just fraud
24 Apr 2014
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crackdown
Burton's department launches programme to catch welfare fraudsters
24 Apr 2014
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Sold
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flood relief
Here's how much the government has paid out to homes affected by flooding
18 Apr 2014
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Not happy
Complaints against social welfare staff have increased six-fold
17 Apr 2014
22.1k
98
Social Protection
Department carried out one million reviews of social welfare recipients last year
10 Apr 2014
12.8k
79
Social Protection
Sligo has the highest rate of people on JobBridge right now
22 Mar 2014
9.0k
53
gateway
Less than €2 extra per week for unemployed parents on Gateway scheme
13 Mar 2014
27.8k
171
Employment
Drop in foreign nationals employed in Ireland
6 Mar 2014
12.7k
101
who are you
Most of 500,000 identity cards in Ireland issued to social welfare claimants
3 Mar 2014
38.7k
120
Youth guarantee
Under-25s who fail to accept some JobBridge internships could face dole cut
28 Jan 2014
13.1k
144
named
Munster Express was handed two-month JobBridge ban after complaint from intern
28 Jan 2014
22.6k
48
Pensions
€24.5m yielded by Revenue in compliance campaign for those with two pensions
30 Dec 2013
8.0k
8
Welfare Payments
An Post wins new contract to keep delivering social welfare payments
23 Dec 2013
12.0k
52
Social Welfare
Over 141,000 social welfare applications rejected in 2013
21 Dec 2013
11.5k
30
ON THE DOLE
This t-shirt nails the feeling of being unemployed in Ireland
30 Nov 2013
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2
Social Protection
Ireland spends less of its social protection budget on old age benefit than anywhere in EU
21 Nov 2013
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18
Social Welfare
Questions raised over lack of records for Emergency Needs Payments
27 Oct 2013
7.2k
31
Property Tax
Administrative issues stop some welfare recipients paying property tax
24 Oct 2013
6.7k
19
Youth Unemployment
"Employers have to become part of the solution"- Joan Burton
16 Oct 2013
4.5k
45
Budget 2014
Core payments were protected thanks to job creation - Burton
15 Oct 2013
4.3k
35
Emigration
Social Protection dept sends letters to Irish unemployed about jobs... in the UK
5 Oct 2013
10.8k
65
Social Welfare
Welfare paid out nearly €100 million in incorrect payments last year
30 Sep 2013
13.0k
89
Unemployment
'Restrictive' criteria denying jobseekers access to support schemes
31 Aug 2013
9.0k
52
Child Benefit
Replacing child benefit with school attendance payment 'would save €100m'
23 Aug 2013
14.6k
127
ID cards
Over 263,000 Public Services Cards issued to social welfare claimants
30 Jul 2013
20.3k
82
Social Welfare
Welfare confirms late payments have been made
17 Jul 2013
6.6k
34
Budget 2014
Burton will look to protect core welfare payments
5 Jul 2013
6.4k
109
Jobs abroad
Nearly 1,000 jobs outside of Ireland advertised on government website
4 Jul 2013
9.8k
37
Emigration
A government website is advertising excavation work for jobseekers... in Iraq
2 Jul 2013
14.7k
79
Internships
Open thread: How do you feel about low-paying or unpaid internships?
17 Jun 2013
9.2k
75
JobBridge
217 people have worked JobBridge internships in government departments
17 Jun 2013
9.2k
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