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Official website. The Department of Social Protection ( Irish: An Roinn Cosanta Sóisialta) is a department of the Government of Ireland, tasked with administering Ireland's social welfare system. It oversees the provision of income support and other social services. It is led by the Minister for Social Protection .
In Ireland, there are two categories of social security, contributory (social insurance), and non-contributory (social assistance), as well as three main types of payments: Social insurance payments. Means-tested payments [1] Universal payments [2] All benefits are administered by the Department of Social Protection, [3] which is divided into ...
The Minister for Social Protection ( Irish: An tAire Cosanta Sóisialta) is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Social Protection . The current Minister for Social Protection is Heather Humphreys. She is also Minister for Rural and Community Development. She is assisted by two Ministers of State :
Gráinne Ní Aodha, PA. May 28, 2024 at 2:55 PM. Ireland’s social protection minister has said she is not considering implementing a form of compulsory national service as has been promised by ...
The Social Democrats ( Irish: Na Daonlathaithe Sóisialta) [6] are a centre-left, [5] [7] social-democratic political party in Ireland. [4] Led by Holly Cairns, the party was launched on 15 July 2015 by three independent TDs, Catherine Murphy, and Róisín Shortall, and Stephen Donnelly. It promotes the Nordic model [8] and pro-European views.
The Social Welfare and Pensions Act of 2011 made changes to the qualifications needed for both the Contributory and Non-Contributory State Pensions. The act rose the qualifying age from 66 in a stepwise manner. Those born after 1 January 1955, but before 1 January 1961 are now are eligible to collect their state pension at 67.
Social partnership [1] ( Irish: Pairtíocht sóisialta) is the term used for the tripartite, triennial national pay agreements reached in Ireland . The process was initiated in 1987, following a period of high inflation and weak economic growth which led to increased emigration and unsustainable government borrowing and national debt.
The Commission on Social Welfare (CSW) was a commission in Ireland that from 1983 to 1986 reviewed social welfare in the country. [1] Social security policy between 1987 and 1994 was heavily influenced by the findings of the CSW. [2] The final report of the Commission recommended raising social welfare payments.