Organisation: Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social and Family Affairs

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

business

IFA seeks meeting with O Cuív over denial of pensions to farm women

THE Irish Farmers’ Association is to seek an early meeting with the new Social Protection Minister, Éamon O Cuív, in a bid to resolve a vexed pension issue for farm women.

news

Family service centres warn of threat from McCarthy report

news

Simon warns of impact of further cuts

news

700% increase in suspected welfare fraud reports

news

Combat Poverty Agency wins FF TDs’ support

business

Health group calls for Govt to tackle fuel poverty

Charity warns over charges to disabled

MANY intellectually disabled persons in State-funded residential care are being charged excessive fees, an Oireachtas committee heard yesterday.

Wed, 11 Jan, 2006

New medical card will not solve problems, say SVP

THE idea that the new “doctor-only” medical card will alleviate the financial burden on those with low incomes is “total and absolute nonsense”, the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) said yesterday.

Wed, 20 Apr, 2005

Dáil committee discusses cutbacks in rent benefits

The effects of cutbacks in the Rent Supplement Scheme will come under the spotlight of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social and Family Affairs later today.

Tue, 16 Nov, 2004

Estimates ‘inflicting hardship on poor’

THE Government has been accused of inflicting unnecessary hardship on the poorest sections of Irish society by cutting €58 million in social welfare benefits in the recently published Book of Estimates.

Sat, 22 Nov, 2003