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Minister for Social Protection

Cabinet Meeting

New regulations to be brought to Cabinet today ahead of XL Bully ban on 1 October

26 Sep 2024

9.3k

PUP

Number of people receiving PUP dips below 300,000 for the first time this year

9 Jun 2021

8.1k

Covid-19 PUP

Over 350,000 people are on Pandemic Unemployment Payment, costing €103.8m

16 Nov 2020

26.1k

Funding

Back to school allowance trebled in response to Covid-19 pandemic

6 Aug 2020

58.2k

Illness Benefit

Illness Benefit payments back to normal levels, says minister

6 Nov 2018

18.0k

Benefits

Self-employed workers' rights were on the back burner for years, so why the change of heart now?

20 Aug 2016

18.8k

Courts

Man claims government department gave private investigator his personal information

4 Feb 2016

15.5k

No Confidence

'I have never made a personal attack on another politician, but I am furious'

19 Jan 2016

26.8k

imf warning

Child benefit is 'staying as it is', regardless of what the IMF says

28 Jan 2015

17.5k

DSP

Over €200m worth of unclaimed social welfare payments in past three years

21 Jul 2014

17.9k

age limit

Revised bill would allow people to legally change their gender at age 16 or 17

17 Jun 2014

6.0k

126

Fraud

Gardaí investigate employees at Burton's department over €1.2m claims

1 May 2014

20.3k

waiting time

Jobseekers appeals taking over 25 weeks to process

8 Mar 2014

10.8k

Social Welfare

Over 141,000 social welfare applications rejected in 2013

21 Dec 2013

11.5k

JobBridge

Protest planned against extension on JobBridge schemes

5 Oct 2013

7.6k

Interns

You can now do up to three - instead of two - JobBridge internships

19 Sep 2013

14.1k

104

The Daily Poll

Poll: Should young people be prioritised in job creation?

3 Apr 2013

9.1k

Youth Unemployment

USI calls for greater investment in Youth Guarantee Scheme

3 Apr 2013

3.3k

transgender

Birth certs remain an issue for transgender Irish

27 Mar 2013

6.3k

Joan Burton

Burton says hecklers gave Dundalk a 'bad image' following shopping centre protest

23 Feb 2013

18.9k

299

Disability

At least 60% of domiciliary care allowance applications refused

30 Jan 2013

18.1k

ce scheme

Burton: 2,000 places added to CE scheme

18 Jan 2013

7.4k

Carers

Fine Gael politicians urge Burton to roll back on respite grant cut

8 Dec 2012

7.8k

Budget 2013

Respite care grant cut by over €300 in budget

5 Dec 2012

11.2k

Jobs

Over half of JobBridge finishers are in paid employment

22 Oct 2012

7.2k

Opinion

Column: Making employers pay for sick leave is simply not fair

Ian Martin

19 Sep 2012

198

need to know

The Evening Fix... now with added superheroes

6 Sep 2012

6.6k

Free Travel

Burton 'very much values' free travel scheme

6 Sep 2012

4.4k

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this morning…

1 Jul 2012

10.0k

JobBridge

Additional 1,000 JobBridge places announced

9 May 2012

3.7k

euref

Burton: referendum will be held in early summer

19 Mar 2012

2.1k

USA! USA!

Joan Burton to visit New York today to tell America that Ireland is great

13 Mar 2012

2.5k

Fuel Poverty

Joan Burton defends government action on fuel poverty

9 Mar 2012

2.1k

pathways to work

Government unveils scheme to get unemployed back to work

23 Feb 2012

7.2k

State Assets

No decision yet on selling ESB - Burton

22 Jan 2012

1.7k

Social Welfare

€28,000 yearly welfare payments are not indicative of average families - Department

2 Oct 2011

1.3k

Internship

National internship scheme offers thousands of placements for unemployed

29 Jun 2011

1.3k

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