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		<title>Help with Payment of Nursing Home Charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new scheme is going to be introduced in Autumn of 2009 to help with the payment of nursing home fees in Ireland.  The new Nursing Homes Support Scheme is being called a &#8220;Fair Deal&#8221; by the  Department of Health and Children. The new regulations became law from July 1st 2009  &#8211; but have not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Pre-School in Ireland (ECCE)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest Budget in Ireland announced that the short lived &#8220;Early Childcare Supplement&#8221;  is to be halved from  May 2009  and abolished from 31 December 2009. It is going to be replaced in January 2010 with a pre-school Early Childhood and Education Scheme (ECCE) for all children between the ages of 3 years 3 months [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NAMA &#8211; National Asset Management Agency</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The creation of NAMA was first announced in the April 2009 Irish Budget. What is this NAMA and what will it do? The Government line is that NAMA is firstly an asset management company dealing with assets tansferred from banks. NAMA will not be a bank as it will not be taking deposits from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Income Levy from May 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new Income levy rates from May 1st 2009 are as follows: (As per April Budget) 2% on income up to €75,036 4% on income from €75,037 to €174,980 6% on income above €174,980 If your income is  180000 &#8211; you do not pay 6% on all your income &#8211; you will pay 6% on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Levy Increased from May 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Health Levy in Ireland is really just another name for income tax that is deducted from earnings. It is supposed to be used by Department of Health and Children to fund health services in Ireland.  The recent April 2009 mini Budget doubled the rate of this Levy. (So will we see a massive improvement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inflation in Ireland falls 2.6%</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The annual rate of Irish inflation in March 2009 fell 2.6 per cent. This is according to data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) today. Prices showed no change between February and March 2009 compared to an increase of 0.9 per cent in March 2008. This brought the annual rate of inflation to minus  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Driving Test Fees Increased</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The April Mini  Budget brought in an increase to the Driving Test Fee.The driving test fee for a Car (category ‘B’), Car and trailer (EB), Moped (M), Motorcycle (A, A1) and Works Vehicle (W) has increased from €38 to €75. The fee for all other categories has increased to €110. Effective from 7 April 2009.]]></description>
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		<title>Jobseekers Allowance for Under 20s</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The april 2009 mini budget introduced a cut in the he personal rate of Jobseeker’s Allowance  to €100 per week for new claimants under 20 years of age (claiming after first week of May 2009).The maximum Increase for a Qualified Adult payable to a Jobseeker’s Allowance claimant aged under 20 will also be reduced to €100 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irish April Mini Budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pensions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another mini  budget was announced here in Ireland on Tuesday April 7th. These are some of the main changes introduced. Income Levy Increases from May 1st 2009 The income levy rates will be doubled to 2% on incomes over  €15,028 4% on income in excess of €75,036 and 6% on income in excess of €174,980 [...]]]></description>
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