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Woman who claimed €69k in welfare payments whilst travelling to Barbados and Morocco jailed
Mary O’Callaghan was sentenced to 18 months.
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Mary O’Callaghan was sentenced to 18 months.
The clarification was welcomed by some athletes as a relief, but US football star Alex Morgan slammed organisers.
Organisations have said young people with a disability will have “a further barrier to equality placed before them”.
Higgins has pointed out that his predecessor Mary McAleese returned the balance when she finished her two terms.
It is paid at a rate of €125 for children aged 4-11 and €250 for children aged 12 years and over.
Journalists are used to government departments stone-walling them but it’s rare for a department to lie, writes Ken Foxe.
The allowance, paid to the current Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty, was found to have “no legal basis”.
Municipal councillors will soon be entitled to €1,000 extra.
Environment Minister Alan Kelly said that the system is “probably the most progressive” of its kind in Europe.
The unemployment rate now stands at 11.5%.
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.
However, Enda Kenny has insisted that “every child” will be free.
The spend in 2014 is expected to be close to half of what it was in 2011.
The government has published the Oireachtas Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Amendment Bill 2013 today which will deal with the controversial party leaders’ allowance.
The Minister for Finance will bring proposals to Government very soon to change the law around the unvouched allowance system for independent TDs.
It has also decided that new statutory provisions will be established to provide individual payments to people with severe disabilities for their mobility needs.
The HSE has written to all recipients of the allowance informing them of the final date of payment.
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore said today that the government will be seeking legal advice before it proceeds on acting on the “illegal” upper age limit for the allowance.
Single mother Andrea Galgey and Senator John Gilroy will see how the other side lives for a new project.
Latest reports say that Brooks received the pay-off after she resigned from News International last year.
The Social Protection Minister has been advised of a proposal to cut disability allowance payments for under 18s in the forthcoming budget, the second leak in two weeks from her department.
The Independent TD has defended his acceptance of the ‘Leader’s Allowance’, saying he will use it for research purposes.
Joan Burton was responding to criticism over a major backlog in processing applications for the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance.
Almost €200 million has been made available for the scheme, but the inability of applicants to apply for the student maintenance grant on top of the allowance is being criticised.
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