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Squeezed middle-income earners won't benefit from back-to-school and footwear allowances

Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys has defended not expanding the means-tested scheme to other hard-pressed workers

Irish Mirror · Jul 5, 2022

Enniskillen named as winner of Ireland’s Best Kept Town award

The competition returned in 2022 after it was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid 19 pandemic

Belfast Live · Jun 22, 2022

Applications open for Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance 2022

The payment aims to ease the “pressures that families with school-going children are under at this time of year,” the Minister said.

Irish Mirror · Jun 22, 2022

People most in need over cost of living crisis 'to get further financial support in Budget 2023'

'There should be nobody in this country that can’t put bread on the table'

Irish Mirror · May 25, 2022

Grant of €500 to buy wigs for alopecia and cancer sufferers announced by Government

Ms Humphreys said people needed financial relief from having to buy wigs

Irish Mirror · May 25, 2022

People on social welfare won't lose out if they rent out a room in their house under plans to tackle housing crisis and help Ukrainian refugees

Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys is bringing forward measures which could see elderly people rent out vacant rooms in their homes but retain their living alone allowance

Irish Mirror · May 19, 2022

€400 payment for Irish households who take in Ukrainian refugees set to go to Cabinet

'It’ll be shortly, very soon'

Irish Mirror · Apr 27, 2022

Payment to Irish households for Ukrainian refugees ‘to be made in coming weeks’

Department of Social Protection officials are assessing the out-workings of the plan.

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2022

Social welfare Ireland: Payments for families of children sick in hospital to double

The new relief is to be announced by Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys on Monday

Irish Mirror · Apr 25, 2022

Workers made redundant during Covid pandemic set to get thousands in Government cash

The new Government scheme has been opened by Social Protection Minister, Heather Humphreys and Enterprise Minister, Leo Varadkar.

Irish Mirror · Apr 20, 2022