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Sat 09 Sep 2009Hanafin concerned over long delays in getting benefits
WAITING TIMES of up to 22 weeks for jobseekers’ benefit in some parts of the country were described as unacceptable by Minister for Social and Family Affairs Mary Hanafin last night.
“I want to assure the public that everything is being done to reduce them,” the Minister said in a statement last night.
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