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# Welfare

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17th September 2023 - 23rd September 2023
# Analysis
Intergenerational fairness? The question mark over making people 66 and older pay PRSI
Ireland’s population is ageing and we need more money from PRSI for pensions – but who’s going to pay it?
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Voices
Opinion: Many carers feel isolated with no confidence after being out of paid work for so long
Caroline Lawless shares her experience of life as a carer and says more supports are needed for those returning to paid work.
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# Welfare
Core welfare payments increasing by €12 and plan for one-off double payments confirmed
A number of other social welfare measures were also announced.
There will be a double payment of child benefit paid out in November.
The Fuel Allowance is set to have it's means test ceiling raised, alongside a €400 lump sum.
The total package is worth €2.2 billion.
'Our citizens need help': Everything you need to know about Budget 2023
National Security: 1,000 new gardaí, and defence funding to include money for primary air radar
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Sep 27th 2022, 8:26 PM
# Welfare
Employees who are forced to self-isolate due to monkeypox advised to apply for Illness Benefit
Financial supports may available to those who contract the virus.
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Aug 13th 2022, 6:00 AM
# Welfare
Ice skating raises minimum age from 15 to 17 following Valieva Olympic controversy
One hundred countries voted to support the measure, with only 16 opposed.
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# ESRI
ESRI warns of 'real cuts' to low-income families and retired couples if prices keep rising
The research into Tuesday’s budget was published by the Economic and Social Research Institute.
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Oct 15th 2021, 8:17 AM
# Welfare
State pension and core social welfare payments to increase by €5 per week
A range of other social welfare increases was announced.
This will bring the full State pension to €253.30 per week.
A €5 increase to the Fuel Allowance comes into effect from midnight.
The Living Alone Allowance will also increase by €3 per week.
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Oct 12th 2021, 2:48 PM
# Covid PUP
Number of people getting Covid PUP falls below 100,000 for the first time
The Department of Social Protection said that 97,130 people got a payment this week.
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Oct 11th 2021, 5:27 PM
# shape of the game
World Rugby will globally trial the 50:22 kick and new breakdown laws
The new laws could have a big impact on the shape and safety of the game.
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Jul 14th 2021, 12:05 AM
# Welfare
Child benefit instalment unpaid for older teenagers due to delay with forms
Several families who expected to be given the payment this week have not received it.
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Jul 7th 2021, 9:30 PM
# covid payment
Almost half a million people to receive Pandemic Unemployment Payment tomorrow
Construction is the sector that has seen the largest increase in the number of people receiving PUP this week.
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Jan 25th 2021, 3:29 PM
# pup payments
New arrangements for people to claim Pandemic Unemployment Payment between now and new year
Minister Heather Humphreys said applications would be processed “without delay”.
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Dec 22nd 2020, 3:06 PM
# Welfare
Online abuse sees EPCR switch referee Brace's Champions Cup appointment
‘With his welfare and development as a referee to the fore, this course of action was deemed to be appropriate.’
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Dec 10th 2020, 3:31 PM
# Jobseekers
Jobs market at 2016 levels as government tells PUP recipients to 'genuinely seek work'
Jobseekers will face tough competition with hundreds of thousands of people still out of work as a direct result of the pandemic.
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Aug 1st 2020, 8:00 AM
# Welfare
Minister signals change to pandemic unemployment payment on the way
Some 95,800 people are now receiving the reduced payment of €203 per week.
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Jul 13th 2020, 8:15 PM
# Welfare
Student housing crisis: 'We have students who are sleeping in cars, on their friends' floors'
UCD’s Welfare Officer said that students are coming to her office with sleeping bags.
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Feb 28th 2020, 6:10 AM
# National Review Panel
Teenage girl was on mental health waiting list for three months before suicide
Niamh’s case is among three child deaths examined by the National Review Panel.
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Dec 6th 2019, 2:16 PM
# Dublin
Gardaí concerned for missing girl (16) last seen getting into grey BMW
Elaine Sweeney was last seen getting into the grey BMW in Lucan.
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Jun 28th 2019, 7:55 PM
# Parental Leave
'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
# Galway
Gardaí concerned for welfare of missing 24-year-old man
Conor Burke was last seen in the early hours of this morning at 1.45am in Galway City.
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Feb 14th 2019, 10:06 PM
# Welfare
Music teacher claimed €175,000 in welfare while living in €3,000 penthouse apartment, court told
He is repaying €100 a week.
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Jan 17th 2018, 8:15 PM
# in the name of science
'Severe' experiments on live animals increased in Ireland last year
Experiments included “inducing cancer in animals… and acute poisoning tests that stop just short of death.”
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Oct 12th 2017, 6:10 AM
# Road Safety
RSA says Public Services Card will help crack down on fraudulent driving licences
The card has been under the spotlight recently after a number of stories of people losing out on public services.
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Aug 26th 2017, 6:00 AM
# Metiria Turei
Greens co-leader in New Zealand resigns after admitting to welfare fraud
Metiria Turei revealed she wrongfully claimed welfare benefits to support her baby while studying for a law degree in the early 1990s.
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Aug 9th 2017, 2:50 PM
# Benefits
'Snot-nosed, hostile, passive aggressive': Complaints about staff at Dublin welfare offices
Details of complaints were released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
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Aug 7th 2017, 12:05 AM
# Signing on
Number of young people signing on now stands at over 32,000
There are currently over 11,000 young people in long-term unemployment.
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Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Here’s what you need to know this morning.
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# cheat us all
Dept had concerns over calling people 'cheats' in controversial welfare ad campaign
Newly-released FOI documents show that the Department had considered changing the title to something less forceful.
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Jun 24th 2017, 12:05 AM
# Your Say
Poll: Would you inform on your neighbours if you suspected they were welfare cheats?
Nearly 20,000 people reported suspicious behaviour last year.
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Jun 18th 2017, 8:51 AM
# Player Welfare
Former Canada lock summons Clermont to court over concussions
The French giants say it is not ‘a complaint against the club’ and that Jamie Cudmore is merely seeking medical expertise.
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Jun 8th 2017, 12:05 AM
# Welfare
Department of Social Protection pursued a woman for €20,000, but she was actually owed €700
The incident was included as a case study in the Office of the Ombudsman’s annual report for 2016.
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May 31st 2017, 12:46 PM
# name and shame
Every three months, the government will publish the names and addresses of welfare fraudsters
The provision is included in the Social Welfare Bill 2017, which was published today.
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May 9th 2017, 4:23 PM
# FRAUDULENT CLAIM
Woman who claimed over €100k in welfare fraud 'used it to pay off son's drug debt'
Carol Clarke claimed welfare payments under her sister’s name for 17 years.
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May 8th 2017, 10:36 PM
# At Breaking Point
Irish soldiers 'depend on loan sharks and welfare payments' to support their families
Family members gathered outside barracks all across the country today to highlight pay issues.
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Apr 20th 2017, 4:42 PM
# Child Welfare
'It's an extremely Draconian act': Judge denies Tusla bid to place children into care
“This court doesn’t operate on worries or concerns,” the judge said. “It operates on facts.”
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Apr 19th 2017, 6:05 AM
# Court
'I don't want waiting lists': Judge rules 'with a heavy heart' for kids to remain in foster care
The judge rejected an application to return the children home to their father.
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Apr 18th 2017, 12:05 AM
# help with homelessness
Unemployed under-26s now have to pay less towards their rent supplement
They’ll save up to €80 a month.
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Dec 26th 2016, 5:15 PM
# On the up
Social welfare increases to be rolled out in March
The State pension, Jobseeker’s Allowance and One Parent Family Payment among payments to benefit from increase.
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Nov 2nd 2016, 8:50 AM
# factcheck
FactCheck: How do jobseeker's payments here compare to Northern Ireland?
In the Dáil last week, Leo Varadkar asked TheJournal.ie for a fact check. We accepted that request.
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Oct 11th 2016, 8:00 AM
# Unemployment
Ireland has the highest rate of young people receiving benefits across 35 countries
A recent report compared and measured the experience of youth across OECD member states.
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