Monday, October 31, 2022
An SP-ODE can be thought of as a unified, digital platform to access welfare schemes spanning different departments of the government. It is a multi-sided platform, always involving the citizen and the government and, in more mature systems, also,...
Monday, December 20, 2021
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, TD, the Minister of State at the Department of Health with responsibility for Public Health, Well Being and the National Drugs Strategy, Frank Feighan TD, and President of the...
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
This week, the Department of Social Protection issued weekly payments valued at €41.4 million to 140,138 people in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP).
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
The Government have issued updates on five key Covid benefits as lockdown continues in Ireland.
They are working on a revised Living with Covid plan and it has been said that planning for easing restrictions will be cautious.
Thursday, December 31, 2020
Some 375,000 households will be given a welcome cash boost on January 1 when the measures are introduced.
The Department of Social Protection payments announced in Budget 2020 begin this week, with a €3.50 increase to the Fuel Allowance bringing it to...
Monday, December 21, 2020
Climate change disproportionately impacts the world’s most impoverished. So, experts are asking, why can’t they receive direct compensation and support?
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Tuesday, November 17, 2020
A universal income scheme for artists has been recommended by the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce, which published its report today. The taskforce was set up in September to prepare recommendations on how the arts and culture sector can adapt...
Monday, October 12, 2020
Social welfare payments will be paid weekly once more from next month, Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys has said. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, weekly social welfare payments were changed to a fortnightly schedule from late March. In...
Thursday, July 9, 2020
The newly formed Government of the 33rd Dáil has committed to trialling Basic Income (BI) in Ireland over the next five years. The announcement was made in the Programme for Government (PfG) agreed between Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party. The...
Monday, March 23, 2020
People who applied for the COVID-19 welfare payment, should have the money in their account by tomorrow. The government’s issued an update, as we enter the second full week of isolation measures.