Jobseeker’s Benefit The duration of Jobseeker’s Benefit will be reduced from 12 months to 9 months for recipients with 260 or more contributions paid. The duration of Jobseeker’s Benefit will be reduced from 9 months to 6 months for recipients with less than 260 contributions paid. These measures come into effect on April 3rd 2013. […]
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Cuts
Private Schools or Carers – who came out worse in Budget 2013 ?
In Budget 2013 a small cut to the funding of fee paying schools was announced – which is forecast to save about €6 million a year . There are about 26000 pupils at private fee paying schools in Ireland – so that works out at a cutof €230 per pupil. Maybe the schools will have […]
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Budget 2013 Date Announced
Updates – More here about the 2014 Budget which will be announced in October 2013 During a Fine Gael party conference in Westport in September – it was revealed by the Minister for Finance that the 2013 budget day will be December 5th 2012 (This is a Wednesday) . Enda Kenny originally said it would […]
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Some Irish Workers Overpaid and Underworked ?
According to two reports this week – it looks like some workers in Ireland could be underworked and overpaid. The Central Bank of Ireland said in it’s recent quarterly bulletin that pay remains high in both the public and private sectors in Ireland and needs to fall further. The bank warned that the economy had […]
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