Organisation: Social and Family Affairs Department

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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58,000 people await welfare payments in claims backlog

THE number of unemployed people being left in financial despair as they wait for welfare payments has spiralled to 58,000 – pushing the real jobless total to almost half a million.

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Announcing €157m fund ‘puts post office staff at risk’

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Post Office security fears over extra cash

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Campaign highlights benefits available to carers

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Nursing home charge repayments to begin next month

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Welfare diet scheme to be scrapped

Public services to get €3bn boost

The Government today announced it would spend an extra €3bn on public services in 2006.

Thu, 17 Nov, 2005

Elderly to benefit from improved home care

Dependent elderly citizens are to benefit from a stronger support network this winter to help them remain in their homes, the Tánaiste revealed today.

Wed, 28 Sep, 2005