# social-protection - Thursday 7 November, 2019
The Secretary General of the Department of Social Protection is due before the PAC today.
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# social-protection - Sunday 3 November, 2019
Changes to the State pension in 2012 meant carers who took time off work received less in their State pension.
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# social-protection - Thursday 17 October, 2019
The slogan “arbeit macht frei” is known for appearing on the entrance of Auschwitz.
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# social-protection - Wednesday 9 October, 2019
The INOU has said it is “very disappointing” there were no increases to Jobseekers’ payments.
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# social-protection - Wednesday 25 September, 2019
Controversy has overshadowed the scheme over the years due to complaints from users of the service.
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# social-protection - Wednesday 10 July, 2019
Despite government revisions, only 32,307 pensioners have received an increase in their pension, which is “significantly lower than expected”.
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# social-protection - Friday 5 July, 2019
The Budget for 2020 will be announced in October – weeks before the UK is due to leave the EU.
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# social-protection - Wednesday 20 February, 2019
Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty says the government has a legally binding contract with the operators that it must honour.
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# social-protection - Thursday 17 January, 2019
Private companies operating JobPath get over €3k for every jobseeker that makes it through the scheme
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# social-protection - Friday 11 January, 2019
The changes will resolve a number of difficulties in the registration of donor assisted births.
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# social-protection - Wednesday 12 December, 2018
The minister described it as one of the most significant changes ‘in a generation’.
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# social-protection - Tuesday 6 November, 2018
People began to complain of delays in payments back in August.
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# social-protection - Thursday 18 October, 2018
Howlin said calls to the Social Protection helpline have been going unanswered.
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# social-protection - Wednesday 17 October, 2018
TDs said constituents have been in touch about the delay or cessation of customer payments since the new system kicked in.
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# social-protection - Monday 27 August, 2018
Social media monitoring is one three media monitoring contracts being advertised by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.
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# social-protection - Saturday 21 July, 2018
The minister gave a strong indication there will not be a repeat of the €5 increase in social welfare payments in the next Budget.
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# social-protection - Monday 25 June, 2018
It is paid at a rate of €125 for children aged 4-11 and €250 for children aged 12 years and over.
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# social-protection - Wednesday 6 June, 2018
Minister Regina Doherty said it’s important to stay in contact with family and friends as we get older.
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# social-protection - Tuesday 5 June, 2018
Regina Doherty acknowledged that there are issues with the childcare system in Ireland but argued that means testing is cumbersome.
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# social-protection - Saturday 7 April, 2018
The government is reportedly considering making paid paternity leave mandatory for all new fathers.
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# social-protection - Monday 2 April, 2018
The man has long maintained that, in being denied a PSC because he refused to get an adoption certificate, he was in effect being discriminated against.
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# social-protection - Monday 12 March, 2018
In total, an extra €22.50 will be paid to over 368,000 households.
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# social-protection - Wednesday 28 February, 2018
The decision means that fuel allowance recipients will now automatically receive €45 for this week instead of the usual €22.50.
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# social-protection - Tuesday 20 February, 2018
Driving licence applications will become the latest state process to be added to the Public Services Card’s remit in just under seven weeks.
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# social-protection - Thursday 8 February, 2018
The Public Services Card was discussed for the first time in an Oireachtas forum at the Social Protection committee today.
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# social-protection - Saturday 3 February, 2018
The rate refers to households where no adult is working.
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# social-protection - Sunday 21 January, 2018
“I just burst out crying,” the 50-year-old woman says. “I really think this is the highest form of discrimination.”
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# social-protection - Friday 5 January, 2018
The technical glitch that caused the issue has been resolved.
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# social-protection - Tuesday 26 December, 2017
Exceptional needs payments can be made under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme.
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# social-protection - Thursday 7 December, 2017
The Welfare Cheats Cheat Us All campaign was launched by the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in April of this year.
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# social-protection - Monday 4 December, 2017
She was told she was being investigated by the Department of Social Protection and the payments were being suspended.
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# social-protection - Wednesday 18 October, 2017
The Government looks set to lose a vote in the Dáil.
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# social-protection - Saturday 7 October, 2017
Catherine MurphyTD has raised serious concerns in the Dáil regarding the activation programme, JobPath.
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# social-protection - Wednesday 4 October, 2017
One of the Budget talking points will be how our social welfare benefits compare to our EU counterparts.
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# social-protection - Friday 29 September, 2017
The six cases have all been reported to gardaí.
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# social-protection - Sunday 3 September, 2017
Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe is as culpable as anyone when it comes to the furore surrounding the Public Services Card. So why is he keeping such a low profile?
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# social-protection - Sunday 27 August, 2017
An across-the-board increase is reportedly being considered.
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# social-protection - Friday 21 July, 2017
The news was welcomed by a number of parties.
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# social-protection - Saturday 15 July, 2017
Applying for a passport and a driver’s licence will soon require the Public Services Card – but that’s only the beginning.
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# social-protection - Monday 3 July, 2017
The department is launching an awareness campaign well ahead of the 30 September deadline.
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