# social-protection - Thursday 26 June, 2014
# Oireachtas Agenda
# Oireachtas Agenda
Representatives from a number of groups will address the Health Committee on this issue today.
# social-protection - Sunday 22 June, 2014
# JobBridge
# JobBridge
Sixty-eight per cent of companies who advertised over 9,000 posts on the JobBridge asked to remain anonymous.
# social-protection - Monday 16 June, 2014
# Ain't Nothing Going On
# Ain't Nothing Going On
The Department of Social Protection says the ban doesn’t affect those already in receipt of the payment.
# Gate Closed
# Gate Closed
The scheme offers those on social welfare an extra €20 a week.
# social-protection - Sunday 15 June, 2014
# Social Protection
# Social Protection
Joan Burton came under fire in the Dáil this week for cuts to grants and delays in social welfare decisions.
# social-protection - Sunday 4 May, 2014
# Dole
# Dole
This is due to the scale of anti-fraud measures that must be developed.
# social-protection - Wednesday 30 April, 2014
# Jobseekers
# Jobseekers
An Taoiseach made the comments as Live Register declined for the 22nd consecutive month.
# Live Register
# Live Register
It represents the 22nd month in a row that the number of claimants on the Live Register has fallen.
# social-protection - Monday 28 April, 2014
# Vote Of Confidence
# Vote Of Confidence
Phil Prendergast MEP suggested that the Social Protection Minister take over the leadership.
# social-protection - Wednesday 16 April, 2014
# Living Conditions
# Living Conditions
Disposable income, poverty rates and income drops were all looked at in the survey.
# social-protection - Tuesday 15 April, 2014
# Hello Officer
# Hello Officer
Twenty gardaí are to be sent around the country as part of a new pilot scheme to crack down on social welfare fraud.
# social-protection - Thursday 10 April, 2014
# Social Protection
# Social Protection
The Department of Social Protection says it saved €632 million in 2013 by carrying out the reviews in a bid to minimise social welfare fraud.
# social-protection - Saturday 22 March, 2014
# Social Protection
# Social Protection
0.35 per cent of the population within the age limits for the scheme are currently taking part.
# social-protection - Tuesday 4 March, 2014
# Gate Closed
# Gate Closed
The Gateway scheme would pay long-term unemployed people €20 a week to work in their local communities.
# social-protection - Monday 24 February, 2014
# Postal Service
# Postal Service
Reports last week said the post office network could lose the Social Protection contract, but the Department says that isn’t happening.
# social-protection - Sunday 23 February, 2014
# Social Protection
# Social Protection
The spend in 2014 is expected to be close to half of what it was in 2011.
# social-protection - Sunday 26 January, 2014
# Pension Checks
# Pension Checks
The issue has been in the spotlight after an elderly woman had her pension stopped when she refused to engage with inspectors.
# social-protection - Thursday 9 January, 2014
# Opinion
# Opinion
Cuts introduced since the beginning of the economic crisis have had a devastating effect on lone parent families, writes Louise Bayliss.
# social-protection - Wednesday 11 December, 2013
# ESRI
# ESRI
87 per cent of households now receive some kind of payment from the government in the form of child benefit, State pension or another social welfare payment.
# social-protection - Wednesday 4 December, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
A reintroduction of the Christmas bonus would be a huge boost for both people who rely on social welfare payments and for the economy, writes Patrick Nulty TD.
# social-protection - Thursday 28 November, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
Our social welfare system already supports those in work by topping-up low wages. This is why a Living Wage could increase tax revenue and decrease spending on benefits, the Social Protection Minister argues.
# social-protection - Thursday 21 November, 2013
# Social Protection
# Social Protection
The state has one of the highest spends on healthcare, however.
# social-protection - Tuesday 19 November, 2013
# Defined Benefit
# Defined Benefit
Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton received approval for the Bill today, which she says leaves the State pension completely unaffected.
# social-protection - Saturday 2 November, 2013
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
The Minister for Social Protection has made a significant speech on the welfare state today.
# social-protection - Friday 1 November, 2013
# Social Welfare
# Social Welfare
They also dressed as members of cabinet to highlight the differences in income between politicians and the unemployed.
# social-protection - Saturday 26 October, 2013
# Health
# Health
Parents and supporters gathered at Crumlin Children’s Hospital this afternoon to protest revoking of cards for some chronically-ill children.
# social-protection - Thursday 24 October, 2013
# Budget 2014
# Budget 2014
The bill passed the second stage by 79 votes to 44 and will now go before a committee.
# social-protection - Wednesday 16 October, 2013
# Budget 2014
# Budget 2014
The Immigrant Council of Ireland wants Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton to outline safeguards against racial profiling in crackdown on welfare fraud.
# social-protection - Tuesday 15 October, 2013
# Budget 2014
# Budget 2014
Brendan Howlin’s announcement of a review of all medical cards was greeted with jeers from members of the opposition parties.
# Budget 2014
# Budget 2014
We spoke to some readers about their hopes and fears ahead of tomorrow’s budget. Here’s what they had to say, in their own words.
# Budget 2014
# Budget 2014
Current recipients of free licences will not be affected, TheJournal.ie has learned – instead, the State broadcaster will take brunt of the cut.
# social-protection - Monday 14 October, 2013
# Budget 2014
# Budget 2014
Reports over the weekend suggested that some cuts to packages for family carers could be in tomorrow’s Budget, but carers say that would be the wrong move.
# social-protection - Tuesday 8 October, 2013
# Welfare Tourism
# Welfare Tourism
New powers and investigative techniques have led to the apprehension of 101 welfare tourists at airports since last June.
# social-protection - Saturday 5 October, 2013
# Emigration
# Emigration
The department said that Irish people “are entitled to avail of any jobs on offer in other EU countries” and that the Jaguar Land Rover posts could be of interest to them.
# social-protection - Monday 23 September, 2013
# Blind Pension
# Blind Pension
A report yesterday said Revenue is to start looking at records to see if individuals are in receipt of a second pension and assess their level of tax compliance.
# Opinion
# Opinion
New welfare system changes are morally dubious and serve only make the lives of unemployed more unpleasant, writes Tom Boland.
# social-protection - Sunday 15 September, 2013
# Welfare
# Welfare
Reports today say that cuts to Social Protection will amount to a welfare cap, but the Minister for Social Protection says nothing has been decided.
# social-protection - Friday 6 September, 2013
# Social Insurance
# Social Insurance
The proposed rise in Pay Related Social Insurance is being considered by Minister Joan Burton.
# social-protection - Friday 16 August, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
With the number of older people in consistent poverty doubling over just one year, pensioner Gordon* explains what daily life is like for him – and how he fears for the future.
# social-protection - Thursday 25 July, 2013
# Budget 2014
# Budget 2014
“Clearly no one wants to reduce child benefit, but there will be cuts and there will be adjustments,” Junior Finance Minister Brian Hayes has said of the social welfare budget this evening.
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