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Heather Humphreys

Pensions

Explainer: How will the auto-enrolment pension scheme work?

10 Oct 2022

18.9k

budget 2023

Social Protection Minister appears to rule out €20 increase in social welfare payments

25 Sep 2022

32.9k

Fine Gael Think-In

Proposals on pension age to go to Cabinet before budget, says minister

9 Sep 2022

29.6k

Cost of Living

€22.7 million paid out so far this year on emergency social welfare payments

17 Aug 2022

16.9k

inflation crisis

17,000 apply for emergency social welfare payments for food, fuel and clothing in July alone

6 Aug 2022

27.7k

Disability Allowance

Mother receives letter seeking repayment of disability allowance claimed after her son died

11 Jun 2022

69.1k

Cost of Living

Govt won't be dropping motorway tolls as part of its plan to tackle the cost-of-living surge

10 Jun 2022

22.1k

Retirement

Proposals on possible pension age increase to go to Govt before summer recess, says minister

8 Jun 2022

36.4k

Cost of Living

No 'magic money tree' to help with fuel costs, says minister as pump prices jump above €2 a litre

8 Jun 2022

42.9k

Aran Islands

€4.9 million contract announced for flights to the Aran Islands

5 Jun 2022

22.3k

Cabinet

Cabinet approves two-year lease on Citywest Hotel to accommodate Ukrainian refugees

Updated 31 May 2022

44.9k

wig grant

Thousands of people with alopecia can benefit from €500 grant to buy wig

25 May 2022

16.5k

rent a room

Up to €14,000 can be earned in rent by social welfare recipients under newly agreed rules

19 May 2022

52.3k

Heating

Extra Fuel Allowance payment of €100 to be issued this week

16 May 2022

30.7k

pension age

Proposals on State pension age to be brought to Govt 'very soon', says minister

27 Apr 2022

26.2k

Ukraine

Payment to households hosting Ukrainian refugees ‘to be made in coming weeks’

27 Apr 2022

16.8k

Explainer

The government's launched a plan to auto-enrol workers for pensions - here's how it will work

29 Mar 2022

19.0k

Cabinet

750,000 workers set to be auto-enrolled in new pensions scheme by early 2024

Updated 29 Mar 2022

38.7k

Refugees

Up to 40,000 Ukrainian refugees may arrive in Ireland by end of April, says Varadkar

Updated 22 Mar 2022

39.9k

ukrainian refugees

Three new centres to support Ukrainian refugees to open in Dublin, Cork and Limerick

17 Mar 2022

24.3k

cost of living crisis

Fuel allowance recipients to receive once-off bonus payment of €125 from today

14 Mar 2022

51.0k

Social Protection

'Insanity': Criticism as unemployment benefit to be paid at post offices rather than online

7 Feb 2022

121k

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Covid-19

Enhanced Illness Benefit extended until end of June

1 Feb 2022

15.6k

Heather Humphreys

Jobseekers payments to return to post offices following lifting of Covid restrictions

26 Jan 2022

20.1k

rural ireland

Old schools, cinemas and vacant buildings to be re-vamped into work hubs and community spaces

6 Jan 2022

26.0k

Wexford

Some Wexford homes saw one-metre flood levels after 'devastating' Christmas rainfall

Updated 26 Dec 2021

81.6k

PUP returns

Government reintroduces PUP as restrictions hit entertainment and hospitality sectors

Updated 3 Dec 2021

45.7k

Tidy Towns

The tidiest town in Ireland has been revealed

12 Nov 2021

50.0k

outdoor seating

Legislation that allows drinking outside pubs and restaurants extended to May

22 Oct 2021

16.2k

Afghanistan

Government agrees to provide up to 500 extra places for Afghan family members

Updated 28 Sep 2021

10.9k

thintean fein

Winter Fuel Allowance payment begins this week as govt hints at widening eligibility net

27 Sep 2021

60.9k

Don Tidey

Gardaí involved in rescue of IRA kidnap victim honoured almost 40 years on

24 Sep 2021

15.8k

Zapponegate

Sinn Féin motion on Coveney is a publicity stunt, says Humphreys

12 Sep 2021

17.6k

New low

Number of people receiving PUP dips below 200,000 for the first time

28 Jul 2021

16.6k

New Rules

Garda promotions to be handled by Public Appointments Service under new regulations

19 Jul 2021

20.3k

Social Welfare

New unemployment payment linked to past working history pushed out to 2023

12 Jul 2021

38.4k

work experience

10,000 jobseekers to be paid €306 per week as new work placement scheme launched

12 Jul 2021

76.5k

outdoor summer

Legislation enacted to allow drinking outside pubs and restaurants

2 Jul 2021

17.5k

cancelled calls

Justice Minister says 999 calls being cancelled 'should not have happened'

25 Jun 2021

12.1k

school dinners

School meals programme to be extended this summer due to impact of Covid-19 pandemic

21 Jun 2021

12.0k

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