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# Minister for Social Protection

All time
Number of people receiving PUP dips below 300,000 for the first time this year
9 Jun 2021
8.1k
5
Over 350,000 people are on Pandemic Unemployment Payment, costing €103.8m
16 Nov 2020
26.1k
12
Back to school allowance trebled in response to Covid-19 pandemic
6 Aug 2020
58.2k
56
Illness Benefit payments back to normal levels, says minister
6 Nov 2018
18.0k
34
Self-employed workers' rights were on the back burner for years, so why the change of heart now?
20 Aug 2016
18.8k
40
Man claims government department gave private investigator his personal information
4 Feb 2016
15.5k
'I have never made a personal attack on another politician, but I am furious'
19 Jan 2016
26.8k
82
Child benefit is 'staying as it is', regardless of what the IMF says
28 Jan 2015
17.5k
81
Over €200m worth of unclaimed social welfare payments in past three years
21 Jul 2014
17.8k
25
Revised bill would allow people to legally change their gender at age 16 or 17
17 Jun 2014
5.9k
126
Gardaí investigate employees at Burton's department over €1.2m claims
1 May 2014
20.3k
59
Jobseekers appeals taking over 25 weeks to process
8 Mar 2014
10.8k
23
Over 141,000 social welfare applications rejected in 2013
21 Dec 2013
11.5k
30
Protest planned against extension on JobBridge schemes
5 Oct 2013
7.6k
46
You can now do up to three - instead of two - JobBridge internships
19 Sep 2013
14.0k
103
Poll: Should young people be prioritised in job creation?
3 Apr 2013
9.0k
87
USI calls for greater investment in Youth Guarantee Scheme
3 Apr 2013
3.3k
15
Birth certs remain an issue for transgender Irish
27 Mar 2013
6.3k
67
Burton says hecklers gave Dundalk a 'bad image' following shopping centre protest
23 Feb 2013
18.8k
299
At least 60% of domiciliary care allowance applications refused
30 Jan 2013
18.1k
25
Burton: 2,000 places added to CE scheme
18 Jan 2013
7.4k
30
Fine Gael politicians urge Burton to roll back on respite grant cut
8 Dec 2012
7.8k
83
Respite care grant cut by over €300 in budget
5 Dec 2012
11.1k
41
Over half of JobBridge finishers are in paid employment
22 Oct 2012
7.2k
44
Column: Making employers pay for sick leave is simply not fair
Ian Martin
19 Sep 2012
181
62
The Evening Fix... now with added superheroes
6 Sep 2012
6.6k
1
Burton 'very much values' free travel scheme
6 Sep 2012
4.4k
22
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this morning…
1 Jul 2012
10.0k
2
Additional 1,000 JobBridge places announced
9 May 2012
3.7k
58
Burton: referendum will be held in early summer
19 Mar 2012
2.1k
60
Joan Burton to visit New York today to tell America that Ireland is great
13 Mar 2012
2.5k
38
Joan Burton defends government action on fuel poverty
9 Mar 2012
2.0k
14
Government unveils scheme to get unemployed back to work
23 Feb 2012
7.2k
84
No decision yet on selling ESB - Burton
22 Jan 2012
1.7k
27
€28,000 yearly welfare payments are not indicative of average families - Department
2 Oct 2011
1.3k
42
National internship scheme offers thousands of placements for unemployed
29 Jun 2011
1.2k
13