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# Social Welfare

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Christmas bonus will be paid out to 1.2 million social welfare recipients at start of December
The cost of the Christmas bonus this year will be €279.4 million.
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Nov 21st 2019, 12:17 PM
Here's what Budget 2020 means for people receiving social welfare payments
The INOU has said it is “very disappointing” there were no increases to Jobseekers’ payments.
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Oct 9th 2019, 8:03 AM
750,000 social welfare claims to be reviewed as part of Government clampdown on fraud
The Department aims to save €530 million by tackling fraud over the next four years.
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Sep 16th 2019, 6:25 PM
Data Protection Commission to seek enforcement action over government's refusal to comply with PSC findings
The government is challenging the findings of a landmark report into the legality of the card.
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Sep 5th 2019, 7:14 PM
Dutch man who falsely claimed €200k in social welfare while outside Ireland is jailed for four years
Letters sent to his house in the Dublin 15 were redirected to his address outside the country.
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Jul 26th 2019, 4:48 PM
New social welfare scheme promises 'breathing space' for unemployed artists
Unemployed artists will be able to receive jobseekers allowance while also focusing on their own work for 12 months.
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Jul 5th 2019, 9:35 PM
Regina Doherty 'can't guarantee' pension increases in Budget 2020 because of Brexit
The Budget for 2020 will be announced in October – weeks before the UK is due to leave the EU.
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Jul 5th 2019, 11:47 AM
Will there be a 2020 Christmas bonus? No decision's been made yet
Pearse Doherty said Christmas comes every year, yet the bonus hasn’t been factored into spending.
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Jul 3rd 2019, 3:10 PM
Government to go ahead with plans for self-employed to access jobseeker's payments
Self-employed people will be able to access €203 a week if they’re out of work.
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Jun 28th 2019, 4:16 PM
ESRI warns that carbon taxes 'often regressive in nature'
The government is looking at two models to increase carbon tax and offset the cost to householders.
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Jun 17th 2019, 6:15 AM
'It's about a culture change': New welfare payment which could benefit up to 60,000 parents announced
Details of the Parental Leave scheme were announced this morning.
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Apr 23rd 2019, 9:12 AM
'I felt so humiliated, I burst into tears': Woman questions why she was asked for adoption cert when applying for PSC
The woman’s adopted status is not well known and she was unaware she would have to discuss the topic in public.
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Feb 17th 2019, 8:30 PM
Committee told man on JobPath scheme had his CV amended against his wishes to conceal his ethnicity
Private companies operating JobPath get over €3k for every jobseeker that makes it through the scheme
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Jan 17th 2019, 12:15 PM
Government says it's owed €475 million in social welfare overpayments
Minister Regina Doherty said a number of measures are taken to try to recover the monies owed.
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Dec 29th 2018, 8:00 AM
Private companies getting €3,718 for every jobseeker that makes it through the State's Jobpath scheme
How much the companies got paid per person has been shrouded in secrecy since the roll out of the programme.
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Nov 30th 2018, 12:24 AM
Over 300 cases of social welfare fraud reported to gardaí last year
Social welfare fraud totalled €38.4 million in 2017, down from €41 million in 2016.
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Nov 22nd 2018, 10:48 PM
State has covered the cost of 5,000 funerals and burials over two years
Exceptional needs payments can be made under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme.
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Nov 4th 2018, 12:05 AM
Here's what Budget 2019 means for people receiving social welfare payments
The Christmas bonus will be fully restored for the first time since the economic downturn.
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Oct 9th 2018, 2:02 PM
Welfare increase, fuel hike and income tax cuts: Here's what's coming in Budget 2019
Petrol, diesel, fuel and cigarettes are all set to rise.
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Oct 7th 2018, 6:05 AM
Sinn Féin proposes €400 second-home tax, 5% high-earner levy and pension hike
The party’s alternative budget proposes a €1 billion boost for social housing.
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Oct 1st 2018, 6:05 AM
Over 11,000 jobseekers forced to do exact same programme twice
Concerns have been raised about the repeat fees being paid to the companies operating the Jobpath programme.
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Sep 28th 2018, 1:00 PM
'A cheap headline': Minister has no intention of scrapping welfare Christmas bonus
She said people on welfare payments were needlessly worried by news reports this morning.
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Sep 25th 2018, 2:29 PM
Overhauling a dole system that 'discourages' jobseekers could help plug Ireland's skills gaps
The National Recruitment Federation also noted the cost of childcare is keeping people out of work.
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Aug 30th 2018, 5:53 PM
GPs accuse Dept of 'using vulnerable patients as fodder' in row over illness benefit forms
The Department of Social Protection has accused GPs of delaying the payouts of illness benefits.
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Aug 28th 2018, 6:14 PM
People are waiting weeks for illness benefits due to an issue between GPs and Department
Many people have said that neither their GP or the Department informed them of the changeover in the forms required when claiming their benefit.
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Aug 28th 2018, 6:01 AM
Over 1,000 inspections carried out by Welfare to detect 'bogus self employment'
More inspections are to be carried out in the near future.
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Aug 4th 2018, 6:30 AM
Extra week of fuel allowance to be paid this week to over 368,000 households after cold weather
In total, an extra €22.50 will be paid to over 368,000 households.
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Mar 12th 2018, 9:22 PM
Welfare payments due on Friday will now be paid tomorrow
The fuel allowance payment was also doubled for this week.
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Feb 28th 2018, 9:53 PM
Mother-of-four who stole €100,000 in fraudulent social welfare payments sentenced to 10 months
The 61-year-old told gardaí she was “sorry, ashamed and embarrassed”.
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Jan 25th 2018, 4:32 PM
Nearly 3,000 fuel allowance payments delayed after technical glitch
The Department of Social Protection said it was investigating the matter.
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Jan 4th 2018, 7:50 AM
Christmas bonus to be paid to more than 1.2 million social welfare recipients this week
Abolished in 2009, the Christmas bonus was partially restored by the then Tánaiste Joan Burton in 2014 and has increased to the current 85%.
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Nov 27th 2017, 8:03 AM
Election or no election, the Christmas bonus will still be paid next week
But the Social Protection minister says that other changes to social welfare payments are “in limbo”.
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Nov 24th 2017, 12:12 PM
The Christmas bonus will be given at the start of December
The cost of the Christmas bonus is €219 million.
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Oct 10th 2017, 7:48 PM
Man who stole €76,000 in welfare payments while running a successful courier business avoids jail
46-year-old Richard Burbridge committed the offences while operating a courier contract for the Courts Service.
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Oct 10th 2017, 7:11 PM
Have kids? Here's what Budget 2018 means for parents
An increase to some child benefits, investment in the State’s free childcare scheme and more teachers are among the changes.
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Oct 10th 2017, 3:39 PM
All weekly social welfare payments to increase by a fiver from March
A Christmas bonus of 85% will be paid to social welfare recipients this year.
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Oct 10th 2017, 2:20 PM
FactFind: How does Ireland's jobseeker's benefit compare to the rest of the EU?
One of the Budget talking points will be how our social welfare benefits compare to our EU counterparts.
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Oct 4th 2017, 10:00 PM
Six people were wrongly paid over €200,000 in social welfare
The six cases have all been reported to gardaí.
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Sep 29th 2017, 7:42 PM
Man with intellectual disabilities loses control of income after spending money on dating sites
The man’s food and rent bills have fallen into arrears by almost €2,000.
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Sep 5th 2017, 6:10 AM
It's his baby, so where on earth is Paschal Donohoe on the PSC?
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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Sep 3rd 2017, 9:00 PM
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