The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has published the arrangements for social welfare payments over the Christmas period.
Monthly Archives: December 2017
Rent Pressure Zones: information campaign
The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) has launched an education and awareness social media campaign to raise awareness of rent setting and reviewing in Rent Pressure Zones. This includes two new video ads, one for tenants and one for landlords.
Tenants and landlords can use the RTB’s Rent Pressure Zone calculator to check that rents are being charged in line with the law.
Read more about Rent Pressure Zones on rtb.ie and in our document on rent increases.
Opening hours over Christmas
Citizens Information Board
The Citizens Information Board will be closed on Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 December and on Monday 1 January 2018.
Citizens Information Phone Service (CIPS)
CIPS can be contacted on 0761 07 4000.
| Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 December | Open: 9am – 8pm |
| Friday 22 December | Open: 9am – 3pm and 6pm – 8pm (closed 3pm to 6pm) |
| Monday 25 December – Wednesday 27 December | Closed |
| Thursday 28 December | Open: 9am – 5pm |
| Friday 29 December | Open: 9am – 5pm |
| Monday 1 January 2018 | Closed |
| Tuesday 2 January | Normal service resumes (9am – 8pm) |
Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS)
Check with your local service.
The MABS Helpline can be contacted on 0761 07 2000.
It will be closed on Monday 25 December and Tuesday 26 December.
It will be open from Wednesday 27 December to Friday 29 December from 9am to 5pm. It will be closed on Monday 1 January 2018.
Normal hours of 9am – 8pm will be resumed from Tuesday 2 January.
Citizens Information Services
Check with your local Citizens Information Centre.
Comparing mobile phone price plans
ComReg, the Commission for Communications Regulation, has launched a new online tool to enable consumers to compare mobile phone price plans. It can also be used to compare landline, broadband and TV bundles.