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LEO VARADKAR HAS said that, from today, lone parents can earn more while retaining their full One-Parent Family Payment (OPFP) or Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment (JTP).
The income disregards for the OPFP and the JTP have been increased by €20, from €90 to €110 per week. The measure applies to existing and new lone parents.
Speaking today, the Social Protection Minister said: “This measure further builds on the Budget 2016 measure which increased the income disregard of the Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment from €60 a week to €90 a week.
“In doing so it ensures that Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment recipients who are working will gain more income at the end of each week.”
The JTP is available to lone parents whose youngest child is aged between seven and 13 years. These people are exempt from Jobseeker’s Allowance conditions that require them to be available for, and genuinely seeking, full-time work.
Varadkar added: “No lone parent with a child aged under 14 years is required to take up employment in order to receive income support from the Department of Social Protection.
They also have the option of availing of education and moving into employment, including into part-time employment, and continuing to receive a social welfare payment. The weekly income disregard for Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment means test is €110 with effect from today with the balance assessed at 50%.
The Department of Social Protection said the increase to the OPFP disregard will benefit approximately 12,800 people, while the increase to the JTP disregard will benefit approximately 4,700 people.
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Surely politicians should be playing snake
Our lot are usually too p1ssed to play complicated games like Candy Crush!
Candy crush!!!!
Sure that’s nothing…
Fook it sure wasn’t Joan Bruton playing with a joint spliff in Farmleigh earlier….
I wonder what level he is on
Hope it’s not 130 just can’t get of it think it’s a scam
Totally understandable, no need to apologise, proves he is human after all.
Hahahaha
In fairness it’s highly addictive, I once played it during sex, but only lasted 5 minutes!
At least he was caught doing something.
Nigel Farage was caught in the depths of a game of othello – trying to turn all the oppositions counters white !
Im on level 720 been on that level four days now, starting to get frustrated
Stop bragging
Maureen I agree with , stop bragging ! I’m on level 147 over 8 months now !
This is what happens when you stop them from finding people to clean out their moats.
Idle hands …
I’m on level 711… Anyone further than that? :)
Ya, David Kelly a few comments up states he is on 720
Yea 740.. Loving the new soda one too.. Addicted!!
I was at a Committee meeting in Leinster House once and one of the politicians was reading a magazine about horse racing while questions were being asked, and then annoyingly asked the same questions that were already asked when it came to his turn to speak.
He is just putting the candy on the table. He reminds me of a kid at school hiding his phone from his teacher
Hahaha such a loose individual
Good on you ,I play it too
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