Budget boosts of up to €1,000 per worker dropped as Ministers seek era of restraint
Economic uncertainty pushes Finance Ministers to roll back payments – even at political cost
Social Welfare Payments
Rise in pensioners and disability payments swell welfare bill by one third in a decade
Social welfare payments are spiralling - from €19.9 billion in 2015 to €27 billion a decade later
Rising number of neurodivergent children on disability payments prompts welfare dependency fears
Number receiving domiciliary care allowance up by as much as 46% in some areas over five years
Live register claims down 2.8% in May
Dublin and Kildare saw the biggest increases in people claiming jobseeker’s benefit or allowance
Social welfare fraud does not necessarily die with you
Executors have a legal duty to notify Department of Social Protection if they understand there is money owing to it
Social welfare payments for those who lose jobs will be linked to previous earnings from Monday
Three weekly payment rates are available under the scheme for qualifying workers
‘None of this would have happened but for her’: Widower who won law change over pension inequality welcomes reform
John O’Meara challenged refusal to allow him to receive the contributory welfare payment after his partner died
A rent-free January – and other budget benefits set to kick in this month
Changes announced in Budget 2025 on taxes, housing costs, welfare and the minimum wage will take some edge off household bills
Social welfare Christmas payments: Dates, when are the increases and is there a double payment?
Social welfare recipients will receive two payments at the same time this week
Number of jobseeker’s allowance recipients sanctioned this year set to double
Payment reductions imposed on 9,000 people up to end of October compared with 5,200 for entirety of 2023, figures show
I’m a full-time carer for my mother and disabled brother. Am I entitled to any State support?
Family carers are among the most invisible people in society and save the State billions of euro - but you may be entitled to carer’s allowance
Are you eligible for up to €30,000 in Government-funded retrofit works?
The energy upgrade scheme can provide thousands of euro in upgrades leading to a warmer home, lower bills and a more valuable property
Double pension and child benefit payments and cost-of-living lump sums to be paid by December 3rd
Timing of the payments will likely fuel speculation around an early general election
Budget 2025 will only increase rich-poor gap, Social Justice Ireland says
Budget measures fail to match the stated ambition of tackling child poverty, says NGO
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