Rent-a-Room scheme allowing social welfare recipients to take in tenants extended
Almost 750 people have availed of the measure to date according to the department.
Child support could soon be deducted from social welfare payments
Justice Minister Helen McEntee says an interdepartmental group is being set up ‘without delay’.
Palliative care nurses report visiting cancer patients who cannot heat their homes
Nurses reported visiting patients in unheated homes and in homes where mould and damp were evident.
Government to sign off on timetable for energy credits and lump sum payments agreed in Budget
The first energy credit will be applied on 1st December.
Social Protection Minister confirms ‘across-the-board’ welfare increases planned for Budget
The three coalition leaders are due to meet with the Finance and Public Expenditure ministers this afternoon.
Regina Doherty ‘can’t guarantee’ pension increases in next year’s Budget because of Brexit
The Budget for 2020 will be announced in October – weeks before the UK is due to leave the EU.
State has covered the cost of 5,000 funerals and burials over two years
Exceptional needs payments can be made under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme.
Over 11,000 jobseekers forced to do exact same programme twice
Concerns have been raised about the repeat fees being paid to the companies operating the Jobpath programme.
