Monday 12th September 2011
12th September 2011 Social Protection Minister Joan Burton today announced her fraud initiative...
Tuesday 23rd August 2011
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...
Wednesday 10th August 2011
Social Protection Minister Joan Burton today announced that over €198 million is being provided for her Department’s Back to Education Allowance scheme (BTEA) for the 2011/12 academic year...
Thursday 28th July 2011
An interesting item caught my eye in a recent New York Times. Its title was "As Government Aid fades, so may the recovery". The article had a telling point. In the USA an extraordinary amount of personal income comes...
Monday 25th July 2011
The 18th annual ‘Working for Work’ booklet published by the Irish National Organisation for the Unemployed (INOU) was launched today (25th July 2010) by the Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, TD....
Thursday 14th July 2011
Social Protection Minister Joan Burton today announced her intention to legislate for the recognition of the acquired gender of transgender people on the basis of the recommendations of the Gender Recognition Advisory...
Wednesday 29th June 2011
Wednesday 29th June 2011 JobBridge, the National Internship Scheme, was launched today by Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Social Protection Minister Joan Burton....
Speaking at the launch of JobBridge, the new National Internship Scheme today (Wednesday 29th June 2011), Joan Burton TD, the Minister for Social Protection, said she was very encouraged by the positive feedback from many employers to the new National Internship Scheme...
Saturday 25th June 2011
The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton TD, is pleased to announce the establishment of an Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare. The Government agreed to a proposal by the Minister Burton to establish an Advisory Group...
Thursday 23rd June 2011
I want to express my deep personal regret on the death of Kader Asmal, co-founder with his wife Louise Asmal of the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement. Having left South Africa to study law in the UK, Kader settled...
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