This week Irish media and TCD President Kieran McNulty have called on the Minister for Social Protection, Leo Varadkar, to revoke the Government’s recent reforms to the Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) and the Family Income Allowance for ‘One-Parent Families’.…
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Welfare system can be “taken advantage of” – YFG
Proposed adjustment to the minimum wage criticised on social media
Cuts to social welfare rates and the minimum wage have been advocated by Young Fine Gael (YFG) in a policy document launched today.
Key proposals outlined in the document include introducing a system of mutual obligation for social welfare recipients, …
Young candidate called into dole office for questioning
A young candidate in the upcoming local elections has claimed that he was questioned over his political views by an official from the Department of Social Protection. Karl Gill, a 23-year-old candidate for Dún Laoghaire with People Before Profit, also …