# Social Welfare
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Welfare
Employees who are forced to self-isolate due to monkeypox advised to apply for Illness Benefit
13 Aug 2022
13.1k
6
inflation crisis
17,000 apply for emergency social welfare payments for food, fuel and clothing in July alone
6 Aug 2022
27.6k
9
budget 2023
Help for renters, pension and social welfare increases as 'more room to manoeuvre' in Budget
21 Jun 2022
34.2k
44
Compassion
Carer told to repay social welfare payment after teen son's death calls for system reform
14 Jun 2022
36.0k
52
budget 2023
Ryan signals need for social welfare and tax changes to get country through 'very difficult period'
2 Jun 2022
28.9k
58
Grant
Treatment Benefit Scheme for dental works, hearing aids and glasses extended by 80,000 people
30 May 2022
30.5k
8
rent a room
Up to €14,000 can be earned in rent by social welfare recipients under newly agreed rules
19 May 2022
51.9k
61
Inflation
Targeted welfare payments would ease cost of living pressure on lower-income workers, experts say
Updated
9 Feb 2022
39.4k
34
Social Protection
Christmas payment will be paid to 1.4 million social welfare recipients next week
1 Dec 2021
42.8k
57
PUP
No plans for rollback of cuts to the Pandemic Unemployment Payment rates
Updated
16 Nov 2021
42.0k
39
Voices
Opinion: Rising energy costs this winter are now a major concern for low-income households
Issy Petrie
24 Oct 2021
18.4k
31
Welfare
State pension and core social welfare payments to increase by €5 per week
12 Oct 2021
33.4k
26
Fine Gael Think-In
Pension and social welfare payment rises on the cards for next month's Budget
13 Sep 2021
46.9k
59
live events
Music industry warns of 'ticking time bomb' as PUP cuts set to kick in next month
27 Aug 2021
10.1k
18
Social Welfare
New unemployment payment linked to past working history pushed out to 2023
12 Jul 2021
38.4k
20
Welfare
Child benefit instalment unpaid for older teenagers due to delay with forms
7 Jul 2021
27.3k
3
Social Welfare
Tánaiste expects number of PUP recipients to fall to a third of current level by end of the year
1 Jun 2021
8.7k
14
Social Welfare
Government plans to link unemployment payments to past working history and PRSI contributions
1 Jun 2021
44.1k
45
Social Welfare
New weekly payment of €203 introduced for 65-year-olds after rise of pension age
8 Feb 2021
163k
53
PUP
Self-employed people allowed earn €960 over two months without losing their Pandemic Unemployment Payment
9 Dec 2020
72.1k
19
Out of work
The largest cohort on the PUP right now? Workers in accommodation and food services
3 Dec 2020
36.6k
8
Social Welfare
Christmas Bonus will be paid to over 1.6 million people in early December
26 Nov 2020
34.1k
43
PUP
Over 340,000 receive Pandemic Unemployment Payment this week as total spend on scheme tops €4 billion
9 Nov 2020
23.7k
20
Social Welfare
Highest level of Pandemic Unemployment Payment to be restored to €350 a week
19 Oct 2020
37.9k
39
PUP
Self-employed people to be allowed claim Covid-19 welfare payment while earning through work
13 Oct 2020
47.0k
17
PUP
Most people on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment will get a Christmas bonus
13 Oct 2020
49.0k
27
Social Welfare
Social welfare payments will be paid weekly again from the beginning of November
12 Oct 2020
57.5k
42
Data Collection
Data watchdog has 'serious doubts' over whether social welfare inspectors acted lawfully at airports
30 Jul 2020
17.0k
38
Penalised
'There is no agenda here': Taoiseach open to a review of PUP cases that were cut off due to travel
28 Jul 2020
14.5k
51
Covid PUP
Department of Social Protection: 'The PUP is not paid to people who leave the country to live elsewhere, or who go on holidays abroad'
28 Jul 2020
28.3k
97
Social Welfare
Decision to cut welfare payments after recipients' holidays abroad criticised as 'unfair and discriminatory'
Updated
27 Jul 2020
91.9k
243
Criminal Assets
Freezing of cryptocurrency used by criminals results in jump in CAB proceeds
25 Jun 2020
21.4k
16
Social Welfare
More than four years’ worth of welfare claims processed in a few weeks, Oireachtas committee hears
16 Jun 2020
22.0k
40
Social Welfare
Domestic violence victims given access to Rent Supplement without a means test
14 Jun 2020
18.9k
21