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Joan Burton TD, Minister for Social Protection, today (Wednesday, 21st September 2011) launched a new ESRI report on the social and living conditions of people with disabilities. The report shows that disability has...

Social Protection Minister Joan Burton today hosted a pre-Budget Forum to give voluntary and community organisations the opportunity to make pre-Budget submissions relating to social...

12th September 2011 Social Protection Minister Joan Burton today announced her fraud initiative...

The Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton today (12th September) announced her fraud initiative which aims to achieve fraud control savings of €625 million next year....

Social Protection Minister Joan Burton today launched a public consultation process to be undertaken by her Department as part of the review of the national poverty target. The purpose of the review is to enable the Government to adopt appropriate...

Social Protection Minister Joan Burton today outlined savings of almost €345m which has been achieved across the Department’s schemes through fraud and control measures. In the first seven months of the year, Department officials reviewed some...

Social Protection Minister Joan Burton today outlined supports of €542m available under the Department’s Mortgage Interest and Rent Supplement Schemes in 2011. The Mortgage Interest Supplement Scheme

The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton T.D., today (23rd August) announced that employers should cease deducting and remitting employer PRSI on share-based remuneration, with immediate effect. The previous...

"Almost 2.2 million people were benefiting from a weekly social welfare payment at the end of 2010. My Department processed over 2 million claims and made over 85.3 million payments last year. Behind these statistics is a wide range of people who are supported by my Department, including families, workers, jobseekers...

Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton TD today (Monday, 20th June 2011) launched the Pensions Board Annual Report and Accounts 2010. The Pensions Board aims to monitor and safeguard the interests...