Plan by Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys to launch landmark project by the end of the year continues to draw a lot of scepticism
Heather Humphreys
Budget 2024 measure originally planned for September will be brought forward and also applies to children with a disability
Wearing odd shoes an ‘occupational hazard’ for Tánaiste; Peadar Tóibín and Heather Humphreys lock horns over rural regeneration; and a Tardis replica excites Paschal Donohoe
Minister plans to launch request for tender on Friday to shortlisted firms to build landmark pensions system and publish enabling draft legislation in March
New arrivals from Ukraine receive €38.80 but those here before new rate introduced still entitled to €220 jobseekers’ allowance
January cost-of-living welfare bonus had been announced in budget last October
Fears expressed at Social Protection committee that mothers and children will end up homeless
Varadkar tells Dáil that more than 1,000 people have arrived since the start of the year seeking international protection, and about 600 have not been provided with accommodation
Taoiseach hits out at Mayo councillors over anti-refugee motion as Opposition deputies criticise Government in Dáil over management of refugee crisis
Decline came as State ran out of capacity to offer beds to the cohort
An average wait of more than seven months still in store for patients despite decline in waiting lists
Under scheme launched this week, long-term carers can apply for contributions equivalent to PRSI payments
Plans are a ‘degrading and humiliating’ value judgment, disability activists say
Green paper on reform does not include proposals to remove societal barriers to employment for people with disabilities, say objectors
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