# Social Protection
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Gardaí defend hiring 16 JobBridge interns for €1.25 an hour
9 Dec 2014
23.7k
138
Social Welfare
'If there were no carers, the cost to the government would bring the system down'
26 Nov 2014
6.4k
16
exceptional needs payments
Government funds to pay for funerals halved since 2011
25 Nov 2014
7.2k
16
single parent
Woman awarded €5,000 for not being allowed to do JobBridge internship
17 Nov 2014
20.9k
25
Social Protection
Department's top doctor isn't retiring... because they can't find anyone good enough to replace him
26 Aug 2014
14.2k
30
Unemployment
JobBridge is 'absolutely not' used by employers to get cheap labour
6 Aug 2014
15.1k
153
Me Nerves
'Fingers still crossed': Joan Burton feeling hopeful about Labour leadership
4 Jul 2014
5.0k
41
JobBridge
Joan Burton's department has refused to name most of the companies who use JobBridge
22 Jun 2014
22.8k
115
Ain't Nothing Going On
Rent allowance banned in Ballymun to "attain a good social mix"
16 Jun 2014
22.2k
63
Social Protection
The number of people receiving a carer's allowance has increased by 40%
15 Jun 2014
23.9k
28
Jobseekers
Taoiseach warns of risk of 'welfare dependency' despite falling unemployment
30 Apr 2014
9.8k
64
Vote of Confidence
Joan Burton's response: Eamon Gilmore is the leader of the Labour Party and I support him in that.
28 Apr 2014
9.2k
64
living conditions
Almost 27 per cent of us have experienced two or more types of deprivation
16 Apr 2014
8.3k
22
Social Protection
Department carried out one million reviews of social welfare recipients last year
10 Apr 2014
12.8k
79
Social Protection
Jobseeker payments expenditure to fall by as much as 20 per cent
23 Feb 2014
12.8k
24
Voices
Column: The State’s new year resolution should be to cherish all children equally
Louise Bayliss
9 Jan 2014
105
45
Voices
Column: Restoring the Christmas bonus should be a no-brainer
Patrick Nulty
4 Dec 2013
160
106
Voices
Joan Burton: Why it's time to talk about a Living Wage for Ireland
Joan Burton
28 Nov 2013
95
115
Social Protection
Ireland spends less of its social protection budget on old age benefit than anywhere in EU
21 Nov 2013
5.4k
18
defined benefit
New legislation to protect pensioners with defined benefit schemes
19 Nov 2013
9.7k
26