The Minister for Social and Family Affairs has confirmed that welfare recipients will get their Christmas bonus this year.

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs is urging workers to make provisions for when they retire.

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs has said she is taking steps to tackle the growing rate of unemployment.

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs is seeking to reassure social welfare recipients whose personal information was contained on a stolen laptop belonging to the Comptroller and Auditor General

The decision by the Minister for Social and Family Affairs to question the entitlements of single parents is a sign of the attitude of the current coalition towards the vulnerable and financially impoverished in society.

The Government hopes to tackle the increase in the number of young people signing on the dole by encouraging them to return to education.

THE early childcare supplement is being increased by €100 to €1,100 in a full year but it is still not enough, said the National Women’s Council of Ireland.

ON Monday, the Minister for Social and Family Affairs announced details of the Pensions Awareness Campaign 2007.

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs has promised that Wednesday's Budget will contain significant increases in benefits for children and pensioners.

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs Seamus Brennan has announced €27m in funding for the extension of maternity benefit.

Minister Brennan urged to correct failure to pay pensions

Tax-breaks are not the solution to the cost of childcare problem, according to The Minister for Social and Family Affairs Seamus Brennan.

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Seamus Brennan, has called on the leader of the Labour Party to clarify plans for a wealth tax.

Over 140,000 social welfare recipients are to receive a once-off double payment this month as part of the Government's improvements in the method of payment through the Electronic Fund Transfer system.

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs Seamus Brennan has said over 110,000 people have returned to employment under the Back to Work incentive scheme.

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs has appealed to the less well off to stay away from illegal money lenders.

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs Seamus Brennan has called for support services and family law courts to be more sensitive towards the rights of fathers, it emerged today.

The Government is to lift the cap on the participation of people over the age of 55 in Community Employment schemes.

The Government has set aside €19.5m for grants to help disadvantaged parents meet the cost of school clothing and footwear.

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Mary Coughlan, has approved funding of around € 7.5m to over 500 voluntary counselling services nationwide.

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Mary Coughlan, has said she would like to see a greater role for conciliation services in dealing with marriage breakdown.

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs Mary Coughlan has said new approaches are needed if pension reform is to evolve.

Child benefit increases will come into effect this week.

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Mary Coughlan, has come under fire for arguing that guardianship is not a 'life event.'

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Mary Coughlan, has announced the distribution of tens of thousands of thermometer cards throughout her home county of Donegal.

The Minister for Social and Family affairs Mary Coughlan has announced that the social welfare Christmas bonus will be paid next week.

LAST night reality TV got real with the first of a four-part series called For Better or Worse. It’s all about divorce, and RTÉ publicists say it will ‘break one last taboo’ in Irish society by looking at the reality of marriage break-up through the eyes of some of the people directly involved.

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, has announced the appointment of Mr Gerry Mangan as Director of the new National Office for Social Inclusion.

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs has called on shopkeepers to help head off pressure on parents during the weeks before Christmas.