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Regional Reporter The Minister for Social Protection has confirmed to RTÉ News that Mayo student Catherine Gallagher will not lose her disability allowance as a result of winning a PhD scholarship. Heather Humphreys said she will sign regulations this week that will ensure that these awards will no longer be assessed as income in the Disability Allowance means test. Ms Gallagher began a campaign to raise awareness of her plight and called on various Government departments to remove what she describes as 'this barrier to education' by forcing her to turn down the scholarship in order to hold ...

Almost half of all applications for Disability Allowance initially turned down But almost two-thirds of appeals were later revised or granted The Department of Social Protection said very few recipients have the Disability Allowance removed from them following a medical assessment. Mon, 01 Mar, 2021 - 19:30 Noel Baker, Social Affairs Correspondent Almost half of all applications last year for Disability Allowance were turned down – but almost two-thirds of appeals were later revised or granted. Figures provided by the Department of Social Protection show that during 2020 it received 20,67...

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Number of people on Social Pension Scheme continues to increase – Vuniwaqa Number of people on Social Pension Scheme continues to increase – Vuniwaqa Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Mereseini Vuniwaqa. [image: Parliament of Fiji] Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Mereseini Vuniwaqa says 45,000 people are currently benefitting from the Social Pension Scheme and the number continues to increase exceeding projections. While speaking in parliament, Vuniwaqa says the scheme has been allocated $55 million. Vuniwaqa says 25,000 families are under the Pover...