Welfare Fraud
# welfare-fraud - Saturday 29 December, 2012
The Evening Fix… now with added Luas fist-fights
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
Facial recognition on the way for social welfare claimants
The rollout of a new Public Services Card will mean new technology to ensure claimants are who they claim to be.
# welfare-fraud - 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.
# welfare-fraud - Saturday 18 February, 2012
Prime numbers: the week in stats
Greek MPs, Irish jobs, German cable ties, and all the other news from the week in handy numerical format…
# welfare-fraud - Thursday 16 February, 2012
The 5 at 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# welfare-fraud - 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.
# welfare-fraud - Monday 14 November, 2011
Unemployment group welcomes Budget’s freeze for welfare rates
The Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed welcomes Fergus O’Dowd’s assurance that welfare rates will not be cut.
# welfare-fraud - Thursday 6 October, 2011
New social welfare identity cards to be issued next week
Dept of Social Protection says new cards will combat fraud by making it harder for people to use false identities to claim payments.
# welfare-fraud - Tuesday 13 September, 2011
Joan Burton launches crackdown on ‘unfair’ welfare fraud
The initiative could save the State €625 million by next year, and has already seen some people’s payments stopped.
# welfare-fraud - Monday 29 August, 2011
Take 5: Monday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
More than 8,500 anonymous tips-offs about welfare fraud so far this year
Savings of nearly €345 million have been made so far this year as a result of more than 350,000 reviews of social welfare claims. The numbers of people making anonymous reports is on the increase.
# welfare-fraud - Monday 15 August, 2011
Poll: Is the social welfare fraud probe a good idea?
It has been revealed that the current crackdown on social welfare fraud has already yielded millions of euro in savings. With an entire new fraud unit to be established, we’re asking you: Is the crackdown a good idea or is it targeting the vulnerable?
The 9 at 9: Monday
Nine things you really should know this morning…
# welfare-fraud - Thursday 14 July, 2011
Two charged in connection with welfare fraud
Five people were arrested this morning in Dublin as part of an ongoing investigation into fraudulent welfare claims.
# welfare-fraud - Tuesday 21 June, 2011
The Daily Fix: Tuesday
In your Fix tonight: Threats to hospital services in Portlaoise, heartbreak for Conor Niland, and does Barack Obama have magical parenting powers?
# welfare-fraud - Monday 16 May, 2011
Burton sets sights on policing hidden economy sector
The Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton said there would be “concerted and active policing of the hidden economy sector.”
# welfare-fraud - Friday 10 September, 2010
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