Leo Varadkar tells Dáil second tier of child benefit being considered following report from ESRI
Heather Humphreys
Q&A: Claimants will be required to be open to reasonable offers of employment and will have scope for appealing decisions
Plan to categorise people into one of three separate levels depending on severity of their disability
Deadline for ‘transformative scheme’ will be met, according to Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys
Cost-of-living crisis putting future planning out of reach for many, research from consumer watchdog finds
Government has substantial work to do to improve understanding of mandatory workplace pension scheme
Programme aims to help employers recruit, retain and progress people with disabilities within their workforce
Initiative will see most workers being signed up to a pension scheme by default with option to opt out
Abhaile scheme will be extended in light of continued cost-of-living pressures and rising mortgage interest rates
Former landmark on the road from Sligo to Dublin, which had become a derelict eyesore, has been reopened and renamed An Ríoga as part of a €3.4m regeneration project
Proposals could see laid-off workers receive as much as €450 a week for six months
Heather Humphreys did not comment on whether she would support stronger legislation to tackle such incidents
Move required to address threat of poverty and meet proposed benchmark figure of 34 per cent of average earnings
Full list of hubs involved in scheme includes co-working type spaces in Mullingar, Birr, Portlaoise and more
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