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# Social Protection

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Report recommends child benefit be cut to about €100 per month
1 Oct 2012
11.2k
87
Department plays down report over €324bn shortfall
12 Sep 2012
6.1k
23
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 The nine stories you need to know this morning.
21 Aug 2012
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5
Column: Should the rich give back their benefits? No – it’s the wrong question.
Aaron McKenna
18 Aug 2012
53
60
Explainer: Can you refuse Child Benefit payments?
14 Aug 2012
7.2k
41
Burton: No plans to change disability allowance eligibility
7 Aug 2012
5.2k
47
Column: Why is the government delaying a law to recognise transgender people?
Michael Farrell
31 Jul 2012
174
59
Man due in court in Social Welfare fraud investigation
30 Jul 2012
6.3k
5
Burton questions 'loyalty to the State' of tax exiles
23 Jul 2012
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38
Government undecided on child benefit tax for wealthy
23 Jul 2012
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38
Poll: Should child benefit be means-tested?
19 Jul 2012
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170
Burton: How many people have had benefits cut for not taking up jobs? Almost 900
1 Jul 2012
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83
Burton looks to play down tensions over sick pay reform
18 Jun 2012
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25
Junior minister under fire over 'no work, no benefits' call
17 Jun 2012
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42
101 prisoners claimed social welfare despite being behind bars this year
10 Jun 2012
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38
Additional 1,000 JobBridge places announced
9 May 2012
3.7k
58
Burton defends government's jobs record, says economy is in 'transition'
3 May 2012
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30
Disabilities: 1,700 Domiciliary Care Allowance applications scheduled for review
20 Mar 2012
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15
TheJournal.ie’s progress report for the Government: Social welfare
9 Mar 2012
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Enhanced support for people with disabilities announced
13 Feb 2012
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8
Joan Burton says rent supplement review a "positive" move
9 Feb 2012
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17
Cuts to rent supplement will lead to evictions, say property owners
16 Jan 2012
5.5k
71
Revenue chairwoman apologises for distress caused by pensions letters
11 Jan 2012
3.2k
16
Revenue chairwoman to face TDs' questioning on pensions debacle
10 Jan 2012
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11
Cowen: 'Strained finances' the cause of rise in social welfare fraud reporting
28 Dec 2011
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150
Government expects to exceed social welfare savings target
10 Dec 2011
3.2k
11
Government "will revisit" Budget cut to disability allowance
7 Dec 2011
4.1k
53
Column: We had to make difficult cuts in the Budget - but these are extraordinary times
Joan Burton
6 Dec 2011
46
101
Almost a quarter of Irish people living in ‘deprivation’ – survey
30 Nov 2011
2.9k
19
Unemployment group welcomes Budget’s freeze for welfare rates
14 Nov 2011
1.3k
31
Burton: ‘We’re not talking about’ €700m cut to social protection
9 Nov 2011
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19
A quarter of firefighters could quit over welfare dispute - union
15 Oct 2011
2.6k
22
Back to work scheme to be proposed for Budget 2012
13 Oct 2011
1.0k
13
Poll: Should welfare payments be cut?
5 Sep 2011
5.0k
87
Social welfare spending to be cut – but rates to remain
5 Sep 2011
1.6k
14
The Daily Fix: Monday
29 Aug 2011
2.2k
1
Department’s six-week backlog in processing back-to-school allowance forms
24 Aug 2011
1.9k
37
Six civil servants rapped for abusing social welfare database
21 Aug 2011
260
Burton ‘can’t rule out welfare cuts’ – even though Gilmore already has
25 Jul 2011
1.2k
52
Culture of nixers drives Ireland's black economy says ISME
27 Jun 2011
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20
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