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Pensioner gives her Budget 2026 verdict: 'The Government tried to be fair, but...'
Budget
Mary Ena Pyle, said she does not think people will 'feel they have got a lot of joy'
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Social welfare Ireland: Four major payments set for €15 weekly increase in a matter of weeks
Social Welfare
The payment increases will be rolled out on January 1, 2025
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Budget 2025: Full list of cost of living changes expected in upcoming budget
Budget
Budget 2025 is weeks away, with many social welfare changes anticipated affecting schemes such as Child Benefit, Fuel Allowance, State Pension and more
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Budget 2025: €624 cost of living boost on the cards for social welfare recipients
Social Welfare
A major social welfare change is expected to be announced in October's Budget which will see thousands of people receive over €600 more to their annual payment
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Just 21 percent think their pension will be enough to live on after retirement
Pensions
Almost one-third of Irish workers do not have a private pension, leading to fears about their financial future after they retire
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Laois woman claimed dead father-in-law's pension for 30 years - and got husband to pretend to be him
Laois
In what a court heard was 'an extraordinary case', Margaret Bergin, 73, got her husband to get into bed and pretend to be her 110-year old relative when Department of Social Protection officials called to her home
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Social welfare: Three eligibility criteria to meet for payment expected to get weekly boost
State pension
There has been a lot of talk surrounding possible cost of living increases to be brought in as part of Budget 2025, with thousands around Ireland to be affected by one change
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€88 million taken from estates of dead pensioners following reviews of assets
Pensioners
The Department of Social Protection has recovered monies paid to 2,159 deceased pension recipients after finding discrepancies in their schedules of assets
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Leo Varadkar demands 'decent gap' between jobseekers' payments and wages to make work 'more attractive'
Leo Varadkar
The Fine Gael leader said that pension payments will continue to be benchmarked at around one-third of Ireland’s median wages
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Pensioners set to get an extra €20 in Budget 2024 - but campaigners want €30 boost
Budget
A Fine Gael source said; 'The state pension is currently €265 a week and we want to move it to €300 before the next election'
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Massive change to social welfare will see those eligible receive €315 a week
In the News
Several major changes to the state pension have been announced by Heather Humphreys
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Irish workers could get big pension boost but deadline weeks away
Pensions
The pension buy back scheme could benefit Irish workers who worked for consecutive years in the UK in the past
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Cost of living: Workers to get major cash boost under new pension scheme
State pension
A new scheme that will double pension investments is being rolled out in Ireland
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Social welfare Easter bank holiday payment date changes confirmed with some to be paid early
Social Welfare
"The payment date for your social welfare payment may change over the Easter holiday period"
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Chris Kamara makes passionate plea for terminally ill to get state pensions early
Chris Kamara
Football pundit and TV star Chris Kamara has called for terminally ill workers to get early access to their state pension so they don't die in poverty
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Number of older people at risk of poverty in Ireland increases by 55,000 in one year
State pension
The figures were released in a CSO survey on income and living conditions
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Will the pension age go up this year? All we know as new proposals brought forward
State pension
It is understood that Ms Humphreys will recommend a flexible pension age which will allow people to work beyond 66 years if they wish
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Taoiseach confirms pension age to stay at 66 and companies won't be able to force people to retire
State pension
The Taoiseach, speaking to reporters during a tour of Asia, also confirmed that a mandatory retirement age will be a thing of the past
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Taoiseach indicates he wants the pension age in Ireland to remain at 66 despite report recommendations
Irish News
The Pension Commission report published last October said that the State pension age should rise by three months each year from 2028 until it hits 67 in 2031.
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Changes to social welfare that come into play this month as jobseeker payments return to post offices
An Post
It comes as the State Pension age has been recommended to stay at 66.
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State pension age could rise to 68 by 2039 under new plans brought to Government
State pension
Under the proposals, the pension age would reach 67 in 2031 and it would increase again by three months every two years from 2033 onwards
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If you want a full State Pension when you retire in Ireland - this is how many years you need to work
State pension
According to data from the Citizens' Information Office, this is what you need to know
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Irish Fiscal Advisory Council says pension age must rise to 68 by 2028 or Ireland will lose billions
Pensions
Not increasing the pension age next year has been described as a 'step in the wrong direction'
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Rise in pension age in Ireland to 67 'will be postponed'
State pension
Labour’s social protection spokesman Ged Nash said that while he welcomes the move he will 'believe it when he sees it' as the plan does not appear in Fianna Fail and Fine Gael’s so-called 'wish list'
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