# Department of Social Protection
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Road Safety
RSA says Public Services Card will help crack down on fraudulent driving licences
26 Aug 2017
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identity rights
'I don't see my child as a beggar': Mother questions why son with Down Syndrome has to get a PSC
24 Aug 2017
52.7k
195
Benefits
'Snot-nosed, hostile, passive aggressive': Complaints about staff at Dublin welfare offices
7 Aug 2017
73.4k
92
FACTCHECK
FactCheck: Did the government really save €500 million due to reported welfare fraud last year?
18 Jun 2017
54.8k
76
Welfare
Department of Social Protection pursued a woman for €20,000, but she was actually owed €700
31 May 2017
103k
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Overdue
'It's absolutely crazy, it really is' - high staff turnover in Donegal blamed for maternity benefit backlog
14 May 2017
22.9k
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Overdue
Maternity benefit payments in Ireland are backlogged by 'a number of months'
24 Apr 2017
35.8k
18
Benefit Fraud
'Welfare cheats cheat us all': New campaign wants public to blow the whistle on welfare fraud
18 Apr 2017
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Voices
Column: What the Department of Social Protection doesn't want you to find out
Tom Boland & Ray Griffin
5 Dec 2016
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102
Christmas Bonus
Social welfare Christmas bonus for 1.2 million people to be paid this week
28 Nov 2016
41.5k
150
barriers to entry
Homeless single mum who secured a place in Trinity has been refused Back To Education Allowance
6 Aug 2016
81.2k
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Child poverty
There are 78,000 disadvantaged schoolchildren receiving free breakfasts
19 Jul 2016
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The Daily Poll
Poll: Do you support child benefit being linked to school attendance?
11 May 2016
34.6k
215
Out of control
Calls for 'exploitative' JobBridge to be scrapped after more revelations
24 Apr 2016
54.3k
117
Assaults
Social welfare office workers suffer punches and have chairs thrown at them
23 Apr 2016
27.3k
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fraud and error
Joan's department recovered €83m in social welfare overpayments last year
22 Apr 2016
21.2k
103
sleeping rough
Landlord says barriers at social welfare building were not targeted at the homeless
28 Jan 2016
24.5k
59
letters of note
Department insists no issue with Joan Burton's 'unusual and concerning' letter to constituents
16 Dec 2015
31.2k
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no change
Disappointment at "unusual" news that rent supplement limits won't be increased
27 Mar 2015
12.8k
61
pps numbers
Department's plan to collect data on every child a 'worrying overreach of the State'
7 Jan 2015
16.5k
121
exceptional needs payments
Government funds to pay for funerals halved since 2011
25 Nov 2014
7.2k
16
Concerns raised
Are JobBridge interns insured if they have an accident in the workplace?
20 Nov 2014
6.4k
11
Cash Money
It will be September 2015 before you can apply for your €100 water grant
19 Nov 2014
29.4k
98
seasonal jobs
Signing off for Christmas work? Your dole will be restored 'immediately' afterwards
7 Nov 2014
14.9k
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Voices
Opinion: Schemes like Tús don't make a blind bit of difference to long-term unemployment
Donal O'Keeffe
14 Aug 2014
10.0k
44