# Social Welfare
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Unemployment
Irish man considers joining British army to pull family out of poverty
28 Oct 2013
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Social Welfare
Questions raised over lack of records for Emergency Needs Payments
27 Oct 2013
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Budget 2014
'Mean, ruthless, vicious': TD scathing as Dáil votes to abolish bereavement grant
25 Oct 2013
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Oireachtas agenda
Social Welfare Bill moves to final stages before TDs go on their mid-term break
25 Oct 2013
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Social Welfare Bill
Minister says welfare bill protects against poverty, TDs say it's 'mean and cruel'
24 Oct 2013
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Social Welfare
More than 2,400 penalties for jobseekers who refuse work or education
21 Oct 2013
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dole cuts
Gilmore: "The place for any young person is not permanently in front of a flatscreen"
17 Oct 2013
12.5k
118
Budget 2014
Telephone allowance, maternity benefit and medical cards hit hard in Budget
15 Oct 2013
18.6k
87
Back to Work
Over 1,200 employers and 2,400 jobseekers register for JobsPlus scheme
10 Oct 2013
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Social Welfare
Welfare paid out nearly €100 million in incorrect payments last year
30 Sep 2013
13.0k
89
Budget 2014
Labour TD says protect social welfare, but FG TD says spending is not sustainable
2 Sep 2013
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death in ireland
Hundreds of families applying for grants to help cover high funeral costs
17 Aug 2013
16.4k
50
Budget 2014
Minister: No one wants to cut child benefit, but it can’t be ruled out
25 Jul 2013
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211
Leaders' Questions
Micheál Martin: The people cannot stand the department's 'mumbo jumbo'
17 Jul 2013
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legal advice
Rise in 'accidental landlords' as homeowners rent out properties to cover mortgage costs
15 Jul 2013
14.5k
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JobBridge
217 people have worked JobBridge internships in government departments
17 Jun 2013
9.2k
28
Ombudsman
HSE had 'no proper basis' to refuse payment for woman and suicidal daughter
12 Jun 2013
10.9k
49
Voices
Column: A meaningful housing policy would deal with defaulting landlords and at-risk tenants
Lorcan Sirr and Tom Dunne
7 Jun 2013
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Social Welfare
Half the population benefitted from weekly social welfare payments in 2012
6 Jun 2013
8.7k
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