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FLAC calls for amendments to Bereaved Partner’s Pension Bill which will give effect to O’Meara judgment
Issued 25 March 2025 |public-interest-law|social-welfare-law-reform|
FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) has published its preliminary analysis and recommendations concerning the the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025. The 2025 … -
FLAC appears before Oireachtas Committee to discuss legislation to implement the landmark Supreme Court decision in O’Meara
Issued 2 July 2024 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|public-interest-law|social-welfare-law-reform|
Legislation will make social welfare payments for bereaved people and their families available to cohabitants and their children. FLAC (which represented the O’Meara … -
FLAC welcomes the clarification of ‘genuinely seeking work’ criteria for Covid PUP recipients who have been temporarily laid off.
Issued 10 December 2020 |social-welfare-law-reform|
FLAC CE Eilis Barry has today welcomed the introduction of two new Social Welfare regulations which address some of FLAC’s concerns and recommendations in relation to the … -
FLAC voices concerns in relation to the Covid PUP Scheme in submission to Oireachtas Social Protection Committee
Issued 1 December 2020 |social-welfare-law-reform|
FLAC has made a submission to the Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands in response to their ongoing review of the … -
FLAC calls for end to age discrimination in welfare payments
Issued 9 October 2019 |social-welfare-law-reform|
Following the welfare changes announced in Budget 2020, FLAC CE Eilis Barry welcomed the change to Jobseekers Allowance that will allow young people aged 25 to receive the …
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FLAC attends Committee scrutiny of No Consent, No Sale Bill, 2019.
Issued 18 April 2019 |debt-law-reform|
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform and Taoiseach will hear today from legal rights group FLAC in relation to the detailed scrutiny of …
- Sale of mortgage arrears to “vulture funds” a cause of concern Issued 11 May 2018 |debt-law-reform| Sale of mortgage arrears to “vulture funds” a cause of concern New solutions needed to tackle unsustainable debt burdens The announcement by Ulster Bank that it intends …
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As problem of long term mortgage arrears gets worse, new solutions needed to stave off repossession
Issued 11 April 2018 |debt-law-reform|
Central Back giving itself a “pat on the back” but thousands still at risk of defaulting New solutions which seriously tackle the unstainable debt burdens of thousands of … -
As data shows 70,000 mortgages in arrears, deals done on loans sold to vulture funds must be honored
Issued 23 March 2018 |debt-law-reform|
As data shows 70,000 mortgages in arrears, deals done on loans sold to vulture funds must be honored State must insist that homeowners protected after loans transferred … -
‘Model tenants’ awarded substantial compensation for discrimination by landlord on housing assistance ground
Issued 21 August 2017 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|public-interest-law|social-welfare-law-reform|
FLAC today welcomed the finding of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) that three tenants had been discriminated against by their landlord when the landlord refused to … -
FLAC: Man unlawfully jailed for failure to pay debt released by High Court
Issued 30 March 2017 |access-to-justice|debt-law-reform|
A man was released from Mountjoy Jail last week on High Court bail following an application brought by FLAC, the access to justice organisation, in a case that highlights … -
Worrying trends continue in latest mortgage arrears data – repossessions, restructures, longer term arrears
Issued 16 March 2017 |debt-law-reform|
The latest data on mortgage arrears released by the Central Bank confirms that worrying trends continue where family homes are in mortgage arrears. Legal rights group FLAC … -
Compensation awarded for excessive delay in determining protection application for family in Direct Provision
Issued 17 February 2017 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|public-interest-law|social-welfare-law-reform|
FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) welcomes today’s ruling to compensate a mother who experienced excessive delay in processing her application for subsidiary protection, … -
Revamped mortgage-to-rent welcome but more detail required for an effective scheme
Issued 8 February 2017 |debt-law-reform|
FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) said today’s announcement by Minister for Housing Simon Coveney TD that changes are to be made to the mortgage-to-rent scheme following a …
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FLAC welcomes High Court judgment finding excessive delay in determining protection application for family in Direct Provision
Issued 3 February 2017 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|social-welfare-law-reform|
FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) welcomes today’s decision of the High Court to award compensation to a mother for the delay in determining her application for subsidiary …