Wednesday 21st September 2011
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...
Friday 16th September 2011
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...
Monday 12th September 2011
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....
Thursday 1st September 2011
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...
Monday 29th August 2011
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...
Sunday 28th August 2011
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
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...
Monday 11th July 2011
"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...
Monday 20th June 2011
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...
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