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The Department of Social Protection has today provided a detailed account of the range of income and other supports extended to hundreds of thousands of people since the start of the Pandemic...

Joe O’Brien TD, Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development today launched a call for Community Development Pilot Projects to trial community led interventions that address poverty, social exclusion and inequality, and promote human rights...

Extension of contracts until July 2021 to benefit 7000 participants...

PUP to remain open to new entrants; rates to remain unchanged...

473,400 receive the Pandemic Unemployment Payment this week, a decrease of 4,252 on last week...

Almost 477,700 receive the Pandemic Unemployment Payment this week, a decrease of 3,666 on last week...

Over 481,000 receive the Pandemic Unemployment Payment this week...

The Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, T.D. has announced today (Thursday, 28 January 2016) a further renewal of her Department’s contract for cash social welfare payments at Post Offices. The current contract was signed in December 2013 for an initial two years...

The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton T.D., has signed a contract with An Post to deliver the cash payment services to customers in receipt of social welfare...

Social Protection Minister Joan Burton has welcomed the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office which show an annual reduction of 20,976 in the numbers...