Benefits
# benefits - Sunday 28 April, 2013
Rich pensioners ‘should give back any handouts they don’t need’
Free bus travel, free television licences, heating bill payments – one Conservative minister in Britain has suggested rich pensioners may not need them all.
# benefits - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
Rip-off pension charges make a ‘huge difference’ to your pension pot, says OECD expert
John Martin, who was behind the major OECD study published into Ireland’s pensions timebomb, says private pensions need to start sending regular letters out to people. Here’s why.
# benefits - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
US Supreme Court tackles law on benefits for same-sex marriage couples
83-year-old Edith Windsor was ordered to pay federal inheritance taxes of $363,000 following the 2009 death of Thea Spyer, her partner of more than 40 years.
# benefits - Thursday 31 January, 2013
Department accused of having “systematic policy” of refusing Invalidity Pension
Minister Joan Burton said that Deputy Boyd Barrett’s “notion that social welfare illness payments and benefits are being denied to people is very, very wide of the mark”.
# benefits - Friday 21 December, 2012
Poll: Should officials monitor jobseekers’ online employment searches?
If someone is claiming benefits, should the government be allowed to monitor their online job searches on an official website?
UK: Jobseekers could be remotely monitored on compulsory website
The website allows unemployed users to upload a CV to be matched to suitable job openings.
# benefits - Thursday 20 December, 2012
Spain passes massive austerity cutbacks
Crowds gathered today to protest against job and benefit cuts as well as the tax increases passed today.
# benefits - Tuesday 11 December, 2012
ESRI: One in five people are living in jobless households
The percentage of households where adults are not working has grown from 15 per cent to 22 per cent in just three years.
# benefits - Sunday 11 November, 2012
IBRC CEO paid €600,000 + in allowances over three years
Alan Dukes of IBRC told Minister Michael Noonan that staff pay cuts at the bank were not pursued partly because of the difficulty in retaining and attracting staff.
# benefits - Tuesday 28 August, 2012
Jobseekers have benefits cut for not accepting work or training offers
The Department of Social Protection recently introduced a measure to allow payments to be reduced by up to €44 a week for those refusing to take up job interviews, training, or employment offers.
# benefits - Wednesday 22 August, 2012
Column: Forget about our ‘economic sovereignty’ – let’s look at what matters
Fears over ceding our sovereignty are misplaced – people do it all the time, writes Ronan Lyons. Here’s what we should be focusing on instead.
# benefits - Saturday 18 August, 2012
Column: Should the rich give back their benefits? No – it’s the wrong question.
This idea is a cover for the Government’s ineptitude, writes Aaron McKenna. Have we forgotten the point of social welfare?
# benefits - Tuesday 14 August, 2012
Poll: Should wealthy parents be given the option to hand back child benefit?
Reports today suggest that wealthy parents may be given the option to return the €140 monthly payment. Good idea? Bad idea?
# benefits - Monday 9 July, 2012
Column: Reasons for making childcare tax-deductible are solid…
…So why is the Department of Finance dragging its heels on figuring out that this policy would be cash-positive for the State, asks independent TD Stephen Donnelly.
# benefits - Sunday 1 July, 2012
The 9 at 9: Sunday
Nine things to know this morning…
# benefits - Sunday 17 June, 2012
Junior minister under fire over ‘no work, no benefits’ call
Shane McEntee’s suggestion that young people shouldn’t get welfare unless they join a work scheme has been labelled “hypocritical” by a youth group.
Working costs parents up to €400 a week – provisional study
However, the costs fall dramatically as children grow older and begin school.
The 9 at 9: Sunday
Nine things to know this morning…
# benefits - Saturday 16 June, 2012
Just 10-20 per cent of people better off on dole, says ESRI
The economic think-tank has revised the findings from a controversial working paper which it pulled earlier this week.
# benefits - Wednesday 13 June, 2012
Richard Tol: This says more about the ESRI’s professionalism than mine
The academic who co-authored the controversial article which was withdrawn by the ESRI said he stands over his findings.
# benefits - Sunday 10 June, 2012
101 prisoners claimed social welfare despite being behind bars this year
The Department of Social Protection has been cracking down on the number of prisoners who claim social welfare benefits while in jail.
# benefits - Wednesday 23 May, 2012
Man dressed as dead mother for six years in welfare fraud
New York con artist collected his late mother’s Social Security payments after her death.
# benefits - Thursday 1 March, 2012
Column: Here’s what it’s like to be one of the long-term unemployed
Losing friends and juggling bills as your confidence ebbs away – politicians don’t understand the reality of joblessness, writes Alan McMenamin.
# benefits - Thursday 23 February, 2012
Govt to launch plan to get people back to work
Sustainable employment is the aim of the Government’s new Pathways to Work programme.
# benefits - Tuesday 21 February, 2012
Column: We should be giving jobless people the money we’re wasting
The funds we’re currently spending on make-work training programmes should be handed directly to unemployed people, writes Aaron McKenna.
# benefits - Thursday 16 February, 2012
The 5 at 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
€645m saved through social welfare ‘control measures’
Joan Burton says 982,000 individual claims have been reviewed, including savings of €60m from the ‘special investigation unit’.
437 jobseekers had payments cut for refusing employment help
The jobseekers had their payments reduced after the Department of Social Protection examined around 2,000 cases of people who failed to attend two Employment Action Plan interviews.
# benefits - Monday 6 February, 2012
Those on benefits do not have enough for ‘basic standard of living’
A report being launched today highlights the difficulties of those in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit who do not have enough to meet their physical, psychological, spiritual and social needs.
The 9 at 9: Monday
The nine stories you need to know before your morning coffee…
# benefits - Thursday 2 February, 2012
‘Magda’ says Irish Independent story was ‘completely not true’
The Polish woman at the centre of a controversial article which was mistranslated from a Polish newspaper has spoken out about her shock at the description of her life on the dole.
# benefits - Tuesday 24 January, 2012
New welfare ‘profiling’ to determine when jobless likely to find work
The new system aims to reduce long-term unemployment – and penalise people who refuse work or training.
# benefits - Wednesday 7 December, 2011
Infographic of the day: Budget 2012
The VAT increase, the Household Charge, cigarettes and alcohol – get all of the main points of Budget 2012 in two rather nifty infographics.
# benefits - Tuesday 6 December, 2011
Readers’ Panel: Full-time carer
Ann Hughes had been concerned that Carer’s Allowance would be cut. The government left it alone – but there were other changes which will still affect her.
# benefits - Monday 5 December, 2011
In numbers: the first half of Budget 2012
A numerical breakdown of where the government has cut €2.2 billion in spending,
Child benefit cut ‘unfairly targets the most vulnerable’
Larger families – who are already more at risk of experiencing poverty – will bear the brunt of reductions to child benefit, a charity has warned.
# benefits - Friday 18 November, 2011
Budget leaks: Social welfare to bear burden of cuts, Government tells EU Exclusive
Leaked draft documents seen by TheJournal.ie indicate that the social protection budget will be heavily targeted.
# benefits - Tuesday 15 November, 2011
Column: That €600m we can save by tackling welfare fraud? It doesn’t exist
The Government trumpets the figure of €600million as a potential saving from social welfare fraud. Just one problem – the real figure is €26million, writes Michael Taft.
# benefits - Monday 14 November, 2011
The 9 at 9: Monday
Nine things to know this morning…
# benefits - Sunday 2 October, 2011
The 9 at 9: Sunday
Nine things you should known this morning…
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