Column: Reasons for making childcare tax-deductible are solid…
…So why is the Department of Finance dragging its heels on figuring out that this policy would be cash-positive for the State, asks independent TD Stephen Donnelly.
View ArticlePoll: Should wealthy parents be given the option to hand back child benefit?
Reports today suggest that wealthy parents may be given the option to return the €140 monthly payment. Good idea? Bad idea?
View ArticleColumn: Should the rich give back their benefits? No – it’s the wrong question.
This idea is a cover for the Government’s ineptitude, writes Aaron McKenna. Have we forgotten the point of social welfare?
View ArticleColumn: Forget about our ‘economic sovereignty’ – let’s look at what matters
Fears over ceding our sovereignty are misplaced – people do it all the time, writes Ronan Lyons. Here’s what we should be focusing on instead.
View ArticleJobseekers have benefits cut for not accepting work or training offers
The Department of Social Protection recently introduced a measure to allow payments to be reduced by up to €44 a week for those refusing to take up job interviews, training, or employment offers.
View ArticleIBRC CEO paid €600,000 + in allowances over three years
Alan Dukes of IBRC told Minister Michael Noonan that staff pay cuts at the bank were not pursued partly because of the difficulty in retaining and attracting staff.
View ArticleESRI: One in five people are living in jobless households
The percentage of households where adults are not working has grown from 15 per cent to 22 per cent in just three years.
View ArticleSpain passes massive austerity cutbacks
Crowds gathered today to protest against job and benefit cuts as well as the tax increases passed today.
View ArticleUK: Jobseekers could be remotely monitored on compulsory website
The website allows unemployed users to upload a CV to be matched to suitable job openings.
View ArticlePoll: Should officials monitor jobseekers’ online employment searches?
If someone is claiming benefits, should the government be allowed to monitor their online job searches on an official website?
View ArticleDepartment accused of having “systematic policy” of refusing Invalidity Pension
Minister Joan Burton said that Deputy Boyd Barrett’s “notion that social welfare illness payments and benefits are being denied to people is very, very wide of the mark”.
View ArticleUS Supreme Court tackles law on benefits for same-sex marriage couples
83-year-old Edith Windsor was ordered to pay federal inheritance taxes of $363,000 following the 2009 death of Thea Spyer, her partner of more than 40 years.
View ArticleRip-off pension charges make a ‘huge difference’ to your pension pot, says...
John Martin, who was behind the major OECD study published into Ireland’s pensions timebomb, says private pensions need to start sending regular letters out to people. Here’s why.
View ArticleRich pensioners ‘should give back any handouts they don’t need’
Free bus travel, free television licences, heating bill payments – one Conservative minister in Britain has suggested rich pensioners may not need them all.
View ArticleWhy getting older is secretly the greatest thing ever
There are SO many benefits to advancing years. But, sssh, don’t tell the whipper snappers.
View ArticleOver 141,000 social welfare applications rejected in 2013
Figures from the Department of Social Protection revealed more than 23,000 appeals were lodged in the first ten months of this year.
View ArticleNo difference in mortality rate between boys and girls relating to last...
The mortality rate was higher for boys than for girls, irrespective of the type of vaccine last offered.
View ArticleSmart Training: Here’s the skinny on good fats
You can’t lose weight and stay fit simply by removing fat from your diet. But you can give your body fats that are more beneficial to your health.
View ArticleThis diet will make you feel less tired, more energetic
Warning: there is absolutely no coffee in this diet.
View ArticleA European court has ruled against “welfare tourism”
The European Court of Justice said that Germany did not have to give a Romanian man benefits.
View ArticleWhat are supersets and why are they so damn good?
One of the reasons for their popularity amongst weightlifters is because it helps you overcome the dreaded plateau in your training.
View ArticlePoll: Should the top rate of income tax or the USC be cut in the next Budget?
Which cut would be more beneficial for you?
View ArticleCompany withdraws greeting card poking fun at people on benefits
Scribblers Cards has done some hasty backtracking.
View ArticleThe Viewing: Your vital round-up of property news from the week
Everything you need to know in one quick guided tour.
View ArticleDavid Cameron is planning to cut benefits for obese people
Doctors have said the plan may actually cost money, not save it.
View ArticleIf Australian parents don’t vaccinate their kids, they could miss out on €10k...
Under current Australian laws, parents who have “conscientious objections” about jabs can still claim payments.
View ArticleNew report finds that only 3% of jobseekers better off on the dole
The ESRI research found that eight out of 10 jobseekers would earn 40% more by finding work than staying on benefits.
View ArticleA woman fined for stealing a Mars bar has been given nearly €20,000 to pay it
The internet can be nice. Sometimes.
View ArticlePrimary teacher describes finding herself in cold house with no money for...
“Without St. Vincent de Paul I would still be living in a cold house and be going without food.”
View ArticleUnemployment benefits are top of the wish list for the self-employed
However, the head of ISME says the government needs to show some leadership on the issue.
View ArticleSelf-employed workers' rights were on the back burner for years, so why the...
Social Protection Minister Leo Varadkar wants to know what benefits self-employed workers want.
View ArticleIreland has the highest rate of young people receiving benefits across 35...
A recent report compared and measured the experience of youth across OECD member states.
View ArticleThe EU wants to tighten rules on claiming benefits in a different country
Critics say the current rules are an incentive for so-called benefits tourism.
View ArticleJump in reports of people allegedly working and claiming social welfare
The Department of Social Protection received over 20,000 reports of welfare fraud from members of the public up to the end of November.
View ArticleSelf-employed would 'pay more tax if they got extra benefits in return'
Leo Varadkar said that the results of the survey carried out by his department would inform Budget 2018.
View ArticlePoll: Would you inform on your neighbours if you suspected they were welfare...
Nearly 20,000 people reported suspicious behaviour last year.
View Article'Snot-nosed, hostile, passive aggressive': Complaints about staff at Dublin...
Details of complaints were released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
View ArticleMuch-delayed IT system to see Affordable Childcare Scheme launch pushed back...
The Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) has declined to provide an estimate as to when the ACS, originally slated for September 2017, will be able to officially launch.
View ArticleMinister says it's 'absolutely deadly' that more people have availed of free...
Regina Doherty said there’d been a fourfold increase in the number of claims for free treatment benefits.
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