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The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton T.D., has today welcomed the latest Live Register figures from the Central Statistics Office which show the unemployment rate continuing to fall...

The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton T.D., today (20th May 2014) welcomed the European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion László Andor...

JobsPlus, the Department of Social Protection’s employer incentive scheme, has helped 2,115 long-term unemployed jobseekers return to work since its introduction last July...

EURES Ireland/ European Employment Service of the Department of Social Protection, together with the direct support of the European Commission, will hold an ICT...

The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton T.D., has welcomed the publication today (16th April, 2014) of the ‘Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2012’...

The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, T.D., today (Thursday 10th April 2014) presented certificates to 18 graduates of the Positive2Work programme...

The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore, T.D., has welcomed the reduction in the Live Register figures announced by the CSO today...

An additional 4 in every 10 people would be at risk of poverty if the Government had not safeguarded the very strong social welfare safety net throughout the economic crisis...

The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton T.D. hosted and attended a number of employer- and jobseeker-focussed events in Dublin today (Friday, 28th February 2014)...

The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton TD, this morning (Monday, 24th February 2014) officiated at the launch of National Employment Week in Dublin’s Mansion House. National Employment Week...