Category Archives: Social welfare fraud

What if this oil spill was off the coast of Ireland?

Posted on May 30, 2010 by

  If this had happened in Irish waters the Government would have told the nation that we were all responsible and we must all put our shoulder to the wheel and help stop this well from leaking any more of … Continue reading →

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Forget the minimum wage and work for nothing!

Posted on January 27, 2010 by

Work Placement Program (WPP) Languishing on the Dole for the last 12 months and not in receipt of any payments (because I was self-employed) I heard about this program, and thought I would go down to the local FAS office … Continue reading →

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Social welfare fraud

Posted on January 22, 2010 by

Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour) Question 86: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated fraud rate within each scheme and the target savings she is setting for each scheme in 2010. Mary Hanafin (Minister, Department of Social … Continue reading →

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