The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has warned people that there are fake text messages about Covid-19 payments being sent to mobile phones. The texts are sent from an unknown number and they tell people that they are entitled to a Covid-19 payment. There is a link to click which is labelled ” […]
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Social Welfare
Payments of COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
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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Reduced Child Maintenance Payments
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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Cancellation of Pandemic Unemployment Payments
Last Thursday (April 9th) a significant number of people were sent an email by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection (DEASP) – otherwise known as Welfare. This email informed them that their claim for the Pandemic Unemployment of €350 a week had been cancelled or rejected..DEASP admitted, on Friday 10th, to sending out […]
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Financial Help for Workers in Covid Crisis : Ireland Vs UK
During the current Covid-19 crisis many people have become unemployed and probably many more will lose their jobs as the economy slows down. The Irish government has reacted quickly and introduced a range of measures to give financial aid to laid-off workers .We have carried out a comparison of the help available in Ireland compared […]
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