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Minister Humphreys 'absolutely determined' to expand school meals programme

A planned evaluation examining the expansion of the School Meals Programme has been announced by the Minister for Social Protection. The programme, which currently supports approximately 1,500 schools at a cost of €65million - comes in a number of ...

06 Apr 2022 at 17:14

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Good news for parents - big change to child benefit payments on the cards for Budget

Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys has hinted that there will likely be a double child benefit payment and no increases to the jobseeker’s allowance in the upcoming budget. Ms Humphreys said the pensioners, carers and people with ...

01 Aug 2024 at 14:19

Exact date XL Bullies to be banned is revealed following spike in 'savage' attacks

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XL Bullies to be banned in Ireland following spike in 'savage' attacks

Buying an XL bully dog will be illegal from October 1 following the nationwide outrage after a woman was mauled to death earlier this year. Breeding, selling, rehoming or importing an XL Bully will be illegal from the date of the initial ...

12 Jul 2024 at 07:30

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Kilkenny children to benefit from the Back to School Allowance

As many as 1,875 children across Kilkenny city and county are set to benefit from the Back to School Allowance, a supplement made available to some families to help meet the cost of getting school-going children back to school in late ...

26 Jun 2018 at 08:57

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Christmas bonus will be paid to Kilkenny social welfare and PUP recipients this year - Deputy Phelan

The full Christmas Bonus will be paid to social welfare recipients in Kilkenny the week beginning December 7 and this year, due to the challenges of Covid-19, the Christmas bonus will also be paid to recipients of the Pandemic ...

26 Nov 2020 at 19:22

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Kilkenny TD hopeful for increase in carer payments

Fianna Fail TD for Carlow-Kilkenny Peter "Chap" Cleere has been informed that the outcome of a review on means testing for carers in Ireland is expected in the coming weeks. Deputy Cleere hopes that the review will result in ...

24 Feb 2025 at 17:00

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REVEALED: Major changes to state pensions will come into effect on January 1st

Major changes to state pensions are due to come into effect on January 1st. That's according to the Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys, who today (December 29) announced new flexible pension arrangements for ...

29 Dec 2023 at 10:12

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Varadkar: Electricity supply will be ‘quite tight’ for next two weeks

Electricity supply is going to be “quite tight” for the next two weeks, the Tanaiste has said. Leo Varadkar said an amber energy alert could be issued due to low temperatures and low wind speed affecting supply. But he ...

08 Dec 2022 at 17:10

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Humanitarian aid scheme extended to families affected by Creeslough tragedy

The Irish Government has given the go-ahead to extending a humanitarian fund to the families affected by the blast in Co Donegal. Ten people died after an explosion at a service station in Creeslough on Friday ...

11 Oct 2022 at 23:03

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Community workers strike over pay outside Social Protection offices

Protesters gathered outside Department of Social Protection offices in Dublin and Waterford to call for an increase in pay for care and community workers for the first time in more than 10 years. A third ...

06 Jul 2022 at 16:47

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Almost 400k households to benefit from extra €100 fuel payment this week

Payments for extra fuel allowance have commenced issuing this week. Over 371,000 households are set to benefit from the €100 payment - equivalent to over 3 weeks of Fuel Allowance - which commenced ...

17 May 2022 at 10:39

All workers will be entitled to sick pay after bill is approved

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All workers will be entitled to sick pay after legislation is approved

All workers in Ireland will have the right to paid sick leave after the Sick Leave Bill 2022 got approval from both Houses of the Oireachtas this week. The new scheme will start with three days ...

14 Jul 2022 at 11:06

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