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Social Welfare
Number receiving Covid-19 unemployment payment drops again with 64,000 now back to work
2 Jun 2020
43.8k
35
Social Welfare
Numbers on Rent Supplement payment up 20% since beginning of Covid-19 pandemic
25 May 2020
12.3k
5
The other crisis
'It's a perfect storm': Sharp rise in Rent Supplement payments raises concerns over post-Covid crisis
6 May 2020
30.7k
77
Social Welfare
Varadkar: 'Extending pandemic payment and wage subsidy scheme may be needed if restrictions stay in place'
24 Apr 2020
39.4k
56
covid19 unemployment
Department 'inadvertently' emailed 1,700 people telling them their Covid-19 payment was to be stopped
10 Apr 2020
93.7k
63
Wages
19,000 people close pandemic payment due to claiming it 'in error'
8 Apr 2020
97.3k
48
Social Welfare
Thousands to receive €350 Covid Unemployment Payment today
31 Mar 2020
50.9k
122
Coronavirus
Public transport services to be reduced from next week
Updated 27 Mar 2020
72.5k
47
Social Welfare
Most new Covid-19 unemployment benefit claims to be paid by next week
27 Mar 2020
33.7k
29
Coronavirus
Emergency Covid-19 legislation passes all stages in the Dáil
Updated 19 Mar 2020
87.3k
86
Coronavirus
Cabinet approves emergency Covid-19 legislation ahead of Thursday's Dáil sitting
17 Mar 2020
81.7k
105
Jail
Man who fraudulently claimed over €225,000 in social welfare admits to falsely claiming a further €18,000
20 Jan 2020
62.2k
48
Money Money Money
New measures to see increases in some social welfare payments from this week
7 Jan 2020
55.2k
54
Festive Cheer
Christmas bonus will be paid out to 1.2 million social welfare recipients at start of December
21 Nov 2019
69.0k
165
budget 2020
Here's what Budget 2020 means for people receiving social welfare payments
9 Oct 2019
90.0k
88
Welfare Fraud
750,000 social welfare claims to be reviewed as part of Government clampdown on fraud
16 Sep 2019
110k
196
Public Services Card
Data Protection Commission to seek enforcement action over government's refusal to comply with PSC findings
5 Sep 2019
26.4k
33
Courts
Dutch man who falsely claimed €200k in social welfare while outside Ireland is jailed for four years
26 Jul 2019
44.1k
65
draw the dole
New social welfare scheme promises 'breathing space' for unemployed artists
5 Jul 2019
27.2k
81
Social Welfare
Regina Doherty 'can't guarantee' pension increases in Budget 2020 because of Brexit
5 Jul 2019
15.7k
72
Social Welfare
Will there be a 2020 Christmas bonus? No decision's been made yet
3 Jul 2019
21.1k
85
Self-employed
Government to go ahead with plans for self-employed to access jobseeker's payments
28 Jun 2019
17.5k
44
Climate Change
ESRI warns that carbon taxes 'often regressive in nature'
17 Jun 2019
11.5k
59
Parental Leave
'It's about a culture change': New welfare payment which could benefit up to 60,000 parents announced
23 Apr 2019
53.8k
59
Public Services Card
'I felt so humiliated, I burst into tears': Woman questions why she was asked for adoption cert when applying for PSC
17 Feb 2019
67.4k
15
Social Welfare
Committee told man on JobPath scheme had his CV amended against his wishes to conceal his ethnicity
17 Jan 2019
39.2k
29
Debt
Government says it's owed €475 million in social welfare overpayments
29 Dec 2018
26.5k
62
Unemployment
Private companies getting €3,718 for every jobseeker that makes it through the State's Jobpath scheme
30 Nov 2018
61.7k
97
Employment
Over 300 cases of social welfare fraud reported to gardaí last year
22 Nov 2018
34.8k
65
exceptional needs
State has covered the cost of 5,000 funerals and burials over two years
4 Nov 2018
60.6k
41
Social Welfare
Here's what Budget 2019 means for people receiving social welfare payments
9 Oct 2018
52.3k
53
Budget
Welfare increase, fuel hike and income tax cuts: Here's what's coming in Budget 2019
7 Oct 2018
79.9k
142
budget 2019
Sinn Féin proposes €400 second-home tax, 5% high-earner levy and pension hike
1 Oct 2018
57.8k
168
Social Welfare
Over 11,000 jobseekers forced to do exact same programme twice
Updated 28 Sep 2018
68.4k
112
budget 2019
'A cheap headline': Minister has no intention of scrapping welfare Christmas bonus
25 Sep 2018
32.1k
72
Social Welfare
Overhauling a dole system that 'discourages' jobseekers could help plug Ireland's skills gaps
30 Aug 2018
650
0
Bad Form
GPs accuse Dept of 'using vulnerable patients as fodder' in row over illness benefit forms
28 Aug 2018
13.6k
16
Social Welfare
People are waiting weeks for illness benefits due to an issue between GPs and Department
28 Aug 2018
30.2k
11
Social Welfare
Over 1,000 inspections carried out by Welfare to detect 'bogus self employment'
4 Aug 2018
40.1k
19
beast from the east
Extra week of fuel allowance to be paid this week to over 368,000 households after cold weather
12 Mar 2018
19.5k
48
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