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The Budget

Households warned to avoid text scam ahead of first electricity credit payment
Crime
Fraudsters are claiming to be from an official government website and lure victims in with the false promise of a discounted electricity bill
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Social welfare Ireland: Hundreds of thousands to receive first €150 energy credit amid cold snap
Energy Crisis
On 1 December households across the country will receive the energy credit approved in Budget 2024
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Social welfare Ireland: Date confirmed for bonus payment in 2024
Social welfare
Recipients are expecting their standard Christmas payment next week but a second bonus sum is on its way
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Social welfare Ireland: Three groups to receive bonus payments from Monday
Social welfare
The first batch of bonus payments announced in the Budget were paid last week but more are on the way
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Social welfare Ireland: Date second bonus payment will be issued
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It will be paid to all those on long-term social welfare payments
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Thousands of college students set for €1,000 cash refund on fees
Students
The payment will be in students' bank accounts in December before the Christmas
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Social welfare: Exact dates PRSI increases kick-in and who will be affected
Sinn Fein
The decision to keep the state pension age at 66 is claimed to entail expenditures that will be paid by PRSI increases
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Social welfare Ireland: Hundreds of thousands to receive once-off lump sum payments this week
Social welfare
Nine bonus social welfare payments will be made between now and January
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Social welfare Ireland: Department of Social Protection's scam warning ahead of cost of living bonuses
Cost of Living
There has been a rise in scam attempts, and the DSP is advising people to remain vigilant
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Notorious Dublin area accounts for one in 10 of all garda resignations this year
An Garda Siochana
Justice Minister Helen McEntee has pledged the force will target up to 1,000 recruits next year, after she allocated an extra €172million in Budget 2024
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Social welfare Ireland: The conditions people must meet to avail of Christmas electricity credit
Cost of Living
Households in Ireland will receive the initial €150 instalment of the energy credits outlined in Budget 2024 from December 1
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Social welfare Ireland: Six conditions to meet in order to get newly increased payment of €232
Social welfare
The Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys, is set to increase a weekly payment previously worth €220 up to €232 within the next few months - here's how to qualify for it
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Social welfare Ireland: Full list of bonus payments due in December and January
Social welfare
The bonus payments were confirmed during last month's Budget
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Social welfare Ireland: Four conditions to qualify for looming €400 once-off payment
Social welfare
The lump sum addition Working Family Payment will be paid next month after being confirmed in Budget 2024
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Social welfare Ireland: Dates and who is eligible for €300 payment due in weeks
Social welfare
The €300 bonus lump sum if one of a string of one-off payments announced in Budget 2024
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Social welfare Ireland: All you need to know about €400 bonus payment for families due in weeks
Social welfare
The cost of living lump sum will be made in the coming weeks
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Households can reduce energy bills by €110 by switching off ‘worst-offenders’
Energy Crisis
Energy credits are set to be paid out to households in December, January, and February - but turning off these appliances may help give you a cheaper bill
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Social welfare Ireland: Dates for lump sum payments and energy credits confirmed
Social welfare
Ministers will be signing off on a number of cost of living and social welfare measures that were announced for Budget 2024
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HSE chief says budget provision to run the health service is not enough
HSE
He anticipates the deficit in the health service to be close to €1.5 billion, excluding disability services.
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Social welfare Ireland: Everything we know about date for bonus Child Benefit payment
The Budget
The payment is one of the highlights of the Government's Budget 2024 package
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Budget 2024: 'Generous' package still 'an insult' to some on Dublin's streets
The Budget
We took to the streets of capital to ask Dubliners what they thought of yesterday's Budget announcement
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Little action on Dublin's Kildare Street on Budget day as garda dogs doze off despite ring of steel
The Budget
Around 200 gardai were on the ground including frontline members who were supported by plainclothes detectives
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Single mum 'pleasantly surprised' by Budget 2024 measures
The Budget
Linda O'Sullivan, an SNA and head of a one parent family, applauded the government for its extension on child benefit
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Handy tax calculator shows how much you will save following Budget 2024
The Budget
Cuts to the Universal Social Charge, increase in tax credits and the raising of the standard rate band were all announced today
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