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Thousands of higher education places available for people reskilling

Springboard+ offers 392 free, part-time conversion courses in higher education

Tue Mar 09 2021 - 01:00

Numbers receiving Covid-19 unemployment payment fall by nearly 12,000

Additional 2,000 people claim payment in Donegal following new restrictions

Mon Oct 05 2020 - 21:36

About 3,600 fewer people receiving pandemic unemployment payment

Minister warns impact of new restrictions in Dublin not yet reflected in figures

Mon Sept 21 2020 - 19:30

Almost 10,000 fewer getting Covid-19 unemployment payment

Number in receipt of pandemic benefit drops 64% from peak to 209,951 claimants

Mon Sept 14 2020 - 20:12

Number of people on pandemic payment falls by 5,100

Some 219,000 people now receiving PUP, a 63 per cent drop on peak in May

Mon Sept 07 2020 - 22:29

Sudden closure of Sisters of Charity homes take staff, residents, and nuns by surprise

Anxiety at moving elderly residents during pandemic and no redundancy for staff

Mon Aug 17 2020 - 21:36

Weekly costs in public nursing homes over 60% higher than private ones

Comptroller finds residents in private homes more likely to incur charges for additional services

Mon Aug 10 2020 - 18:18

Nearly 30,000 could lose pandemic payment if they do not confirm eligibility

Number getting Covid-19 unemployment benefit falls by 12,000 with 240,000 on Live Register

Mon Aug 10 2020 - 14:37

More than €3bn paid out so far under pandemic unemployment scheme, Minister says

Number receiving payment falls by 12,300 in past week, down 54 per cent from peak

Tue Aug 04 2020 - 20:29

Number of people claiming Covid-19 payment has fallen by almost half

Some 313,800 are claiming pandemic payment, down from a high of almost 600,000

Mon Jul 20 2020 - 13:11

More than 63,000 end claims for Covid unemployment payment

Humphreys says last week saw largest number of people returning to work since crisis began

Mon Jul 06 2020 - 13:14

Will new pension commission cut my State pension?

Q&A: Dominic Coyle

Mon Jun 22 2020 - 10:42

Text messages about pandemic payment a ‘scam’, department says

Department of Social Protection advises public not to click or reply to the text

Wed Jun 17 2020 - 17:29

Number receiving Covid-19 jobless payment dips below 500,000

Over 26,000 people to return to work, according to Department of Social Protection

Mon Jun 15 2020 - 14:05

No temporary increase in weekly asylum payment during pandemic

Request for €20 rise during crisis from 40 organisations is rejected

Fri May 29 2020 - 01:00

Tax and the Pandemic Unemployment Payment: Your questions answered

The payment is taxed but you will not face a lump sum of a tax bill

Thu May 28 2020 - 00:31

Covid-19: Minister confirms review of special unemployment payment

Figures show 35,600 people who were receiving the benefit are now returning to work

Mon May 25 2020 - 14:41

Undeclared foreign property spells trouble with Revenue and Welfare

Q&A: Dominic Coyle: ‘I suspect your friends face a difficult and costly time’

Tue May 12 2020 - 05:55

Covid forces another 64,600 workers onto wage subsidy scheme

Revenue says over 50,000 companies have now signed up for emergency payments

Thu Apr 30 2020 - 19:33

Almost 600,000 people receiving Covid-19 unemployment payment

Minister says State may have come through worst of pandemic linked temporary lay-offs

Mon Apr 27 2020 - 13:36

Some 533,000 receiving Covid-19 unemployment payment

There are about 54,000 people who are receiving the payment for the first time

Tue Apr 14 2020 - 17:43

How to budget your way through financial realities of Covid-19

If you have a rainy-day fund start eating into it now

Tue Mar 31 2020 - 05:17

An Post to allow ‘temporary agents’ to pick up welfare payments

Concern over coronavirus will allow others to pick up on behalf of house bound people

Sat Mar 14 2020 - 19:45

The Irish Times view on the Government defiance of Data Protection Commissioner

Optics of State’s challenge to regulator of data-gathering multinationals are appalling

Thu Sept 19 2019 - 00:05

Q&A: What’s next for the Public Services Card?

Row between department and Data Protection Commissioner likely to go to court

Tue Sept 17 2019 - 18:46

Licence to bill: TV licence cash could go further

What’s the breakdown between TV, radio, online, governance, collection?

Tue Aug 06 2019 - 05:05

Doctors’ organisation in crisis as president and council step down

GP body admits financial difficulties as resigning team cites governance issues

Sun Apr 28 2019 - 20:53

Buy a property with your pension? Government says no

EU directive brings extra requirements. Why is there such opposition to it?

Tue Apr 09 2019 - 05:00

Department refuses to release details of public services card inquiry

Irish Council for Civil Liberties calls for publication of information in public interest

Mon Jan 14 2019 - 08:08

State is failing to provide interpreters for migrants at Intreo offices, survey finds

Staff often suggest people bring their own interpreter to appointments

Thu Dec 13 2018 - 15:22

Data watchdog investigating potential GDPR breaches in Government

Department of Social Protection allegedly interfered with role of its data protection officer

Thu Dec 06 2018 - 07:11

The 83,600 women still identified by the State as ‘wife’

Government is wrestling with unfairness on pensions, but discrimination is not yet in the past

Wed Nov 28 2018 - 05:45

More than 170 cases of ‘suspected identity fraud’ detected

Department of Social Protection says it made €530m in savings after reviewing payments

Mon Aug 27 2018 - 20:45

Budget 2019: Government urged to consider increase in PRSI

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection says rise in PRSI could be used to pay for Ireland’s welfare regime

Wed Aug 15 2018 - 05:05