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County breakdown: 10,640 fathers have taken paternity leave since September
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Waiting times for social welfare payments vary from one week to 40 weeks
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scrapped
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11 Oct 2016
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rip jobbridge
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22 May 2016
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return to vendor
Postmasters call for Varadkar to halt electronic benefit payments
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How much has Joan Burton's department spent on consultants?
24 May 2015
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grand job
The government has a grand plan for unemployed construction workers...
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objection
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26 Mar 2015
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good and bad reviews
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21 Feb 2015
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