The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has been doing a difficult job coping with the massive demand for the emergency COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment . Well Done to all Welfare Staff Payments It was announced that The first COVID-19 for claims made between 13 –19 March were paid to customer’s bank accounts or […]
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The cost of Covid-19 in Ireland – just in terms of unemployment support – is looking like it going to work out at around €1 Billion Euro every 3 weeks. The rate of unemployment in Ireland was running at around 4.5% in the last quarter of 2019. This was the lowest it had been since […]
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One Parent Families and Reduced Child Maintenance Payments During this Covid-19 crisis there may be situations where a One Parent Family recipient is getting less maintenance for their child (or none at all) because the other parent has lost their job. If this has happened to you – the Department of Social Protection advises that […]
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The Government made an arrangement with private hospitals to provide extra beds to the HSE in preparation for an increase in coronavirus cases. It meant that about 2,000 beds in private hospitals became available to the HSE. The deal is going to cost the HSE around €115 million a month and is initially for 3 […]
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It was announced today that all the major internet providers in Ireland have signed up to a Telecommunications Consumer Charter. This is a set of commitments to assist and help customers in the use of electronic communications during the COVID-19 Pandemic. This was announced by the Telecommunications Industry Ireland. So far it has been signed […]
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