# Department of Social Protection
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covid19 unemployment
Department 'inadvertently' emailed 1,700 people telling them their Covid-19 payment was to be stopped
10 Apr 2020
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Coronavirus
Recipients of Covid-19 illness benefit who were underpaid will get arrears this week
8 Apr 2020
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21
Regina Doherty
Changes to Covid-19 payment could come as soon as next week, says minister
21 Mar 2020
83.2k
59
Festive Cheer
Christmas bonus will be paid out to 1.2 million social welfare recipients at start of December
21 Nov 2019
69.0k
165
Controversy
Department boss says he's 'satisfied' the Public Services Card rollout is value for money
7 Nov 2019
10.9k
24
jobspath macht frei
'Jobpath Macht Frei': Condemnation after 'extremely offensive' sign placed at Cork Welfare office
17 Oct 2019
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Annual Report
Number of births in Ireland continue to decrease as number of deaths increase
14 Oct 2019
22.5k
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PSC
'A mistake government doesn't need to make': Refusing to publish PSC report 'absurd', activists claim
3 Sep 2019
14.5k
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Public Services Card
PSC training manuals for civil servants: Facial image matching, 'voice biometrics' and identity tokens
26 Aug 2019
23.7k
62
PSC
Dept Social Protection to publish Commission's PSC report 'once full consideration is complete'
22 Aug 2019
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What now?
'There's no get out jail free card on this': What next for the Public Services Card?
18 Aug 2019
34.3k
60
Data Retention
Department told to destroy documents belonging to 3.2 million citizens it kept after PSC applications
16 Aug 2019
34.8k
81
Data Protection Commissioner
No legal basis for mandatory Public Services Card to access State services other than welfare, landmark probe finds
16 Aug 2019
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PSC
'Spark public debate': Spotlight on Public Services Card as data watchdog probe at 'advanced stage'
3 Aug 2019
34.0k
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Data Protection
Department seeks judicial review after watchdog rules child benefit data collection unlawful
2 Aug 2019
13.5k
Penalty Rates
Thousands of social welfare recipients penalised over inadequate attempts to find employment
24 Jul 2019
70.4k
130
late payments
Bank of Ireland says payments now being made to customers following 'processing delay'
Updated
10 Jul 2019
45.8k
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long awaited
'Answers are overdue': Almost a year on, it's still unclear if probe into legality of PSC will be published
10 Jun 2019
25.8k
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Voices
Opinion: The PSC could become the most expensive administrative error in the history of the State
Simon McGarr
21 Jan 2019
32.5k
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Social Welfare
Committee told man on JobPath scheme had his CV amended against his wishes to conceal his ethnicity
17 Jan 2019
39.2k
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Public Services Card
PSC staff losing battle to stay on as department confirms contracts to be 'phased out' in 2019
9 Dec 2018
48.4k
47
Out of office
Social Protection Department gives older age of workers as reason why it's near top of sick leave list
3 Dec 2018
17.6k
34
Paternity Leave
More than 51,000 fathers have taken paternity leave since September 2016
5 Nov 2018
12.2k
31
Illness Benefit
'We haven't crowned ourselves in glory': Apology to 5,000 people still waiting on Illness Benefit
2 Nov 2018
21.5k
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Social Protection
'Unacceptable': Minister told Illness Benefit delays means some people have no money to buy food
18 Oct 2018
16.2k
24
delayed payment
Problem over payment of child benefit to Irish parents 'resolved' following industry-wide banking issue
2 Oct 2018
39.1k
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Public Services Card
Facial imaging software has been used to detect €4 million worth of identity fraud
12 Sep 2018
25.2k
84
Bad Form
GPs accuse Dept of 'using vulnerable patients as fodder' in row over illness benefit forms
28 Aug 2018
13.6k
16
Criminal Assets Bureau
Criminal Assets Bureau seize car and mobile phones following search of Sligo property
26 Jul 2018
21.3k
8
break it down
Department of Social Protection to train staff in the use of plain English
25 Jun 2018
18.1k
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PAC
Committee raises stigmatisation concerns over the use of 'welfare cheats' term in department campaign
28 Mar 2018
15.1k
70
hangover-esque
Dublin single mother accused of welfare fraud claims her Vegas wedding was just "a bit of fun"
21 Mar 2018
84.9k
Domestic Violence
Change to PRSI arrangements could leave women in danger of abusive partners
3 Mar 2018
33.7k
21
Venezuela
'I felt totally lost': Department in u-turn over decision to deny Venezuelan man a Public Services Card
20 Feb 2018
24.4k
43
Courts
Civil servant jailed for selling personal details of hundreds for almost €22,000
26 Jan 2018
26.9k
62