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Areas of Practice

Dove Inform Bureau provides Information, Advice and Advocacy Services in such areas, as listed below. Our Information Officers and Advocates are qualified specialists in these areas.
 
We will consult you in such queries as:
Employment Law

 

  • Employers' obligations and employees' duties,

  • Contracts of Employment,

  • Rate of Pay and Taxation,

  • Hours of Work and Breaks,

  • Rights to Sick, Parental, Carer's and Maternity Leave,

  • Holidays,

  • Health and Safety at Work,

  • Industrial Relations and Trade Unions,

  • Garda Vetting and Data Privacy

  • Other....

Taxation

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  • Tax RETURNS,

  • Income tax,

  • Income tax credits and reliefs,

  • Tax for Self-Employed people,

  • Taxation of Social Welfare Payments,

  • Capital taxes

  • Duties and VAT

  • Tax on savings and investments

  • Moving country and taxation

  • Motor tax, carbon tax and other taxes

  • Housing taxes and reliefs (incl.LPT and Household Charge),

  • other...

 

Health

 

  • ​Entitlements to health services

  • Health Services Charges

  • GP Services 

  • Medical & GP Visit Cards

  • Health Insurance

  • Hospital Services

  • Emergency Health services

  • Dental, Optical & Aural Health

  • Food Safety

  • Alcohol & Drug Treatment

  • Public Health Care

  • Private Health Care

  • Health-related Benefits

 

 

 

 

 

 

Government 

 

  • Fundamental Rights under the Irish  Constitution,

  • The President,

  • The Irish Government,

  • Freedom of Information

  • Data Protection

  • Rights Tribunals,

  • Local & Regional government

  • Europeon government

  • Elections & Referenda (Voiting)

  • Government Departments (inc. Civil Service)

  • Security & Emergency Services (inc. Garda  Síochána, Fire Services, etc.)

 

 

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Family & Relationships

 

  • Antenatal care, visits and classes,

  • Maternity and baby care Services,

  • Health & Safety at work and Maternity Leave

  • Maternity and Health & Safety Benefits,

  • Registering the birth of baby,

  • Child Benefit and Parental Leave,

  • Adoption, fostering and surrogacy,

  • Children's rights and policy &

  • Services and supports for children,

  • Getting married in Ireland and abroad,

  • Married couples,

  • Civil partnerships, 

  • Cohabiting couples and their rights,

  • Parenting alone,

  • Separation, divorce and dissolution

 

Education
 

  • Irish education system

  • Pre-school education and childcare

  • Primary and post-primary education

  • State examinations

  • Third-level education

  • Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI)

  • Coming to Ireland to study

  • Student Immigration Stamps

  • Vocational education and training

  • Further Education and Training Allowances

  • Returning to Education (VTOS & ETB)

  • Back to Education Allowance

  • European education programmes

  • English Language Courses

 

Housing

 

  • Renting a House

  • Tenant's & Landlord's Rights and Obligations

  • Minimum Standards for Rented housing

  • Housing  Assistance Payment (HAP)

  • Rent Supplement

  • Taxes, Charges & Reliefs

  • Social & Local Authority Housing

  • Housing Grants & Schemes

  • ​Bying a house

  • Planning Permission

  • Building or Altering a Home

  • Losing your home

  • TV licence

  • Sharing Accommondation

  • Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB)

  • Homelessness

Environment

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  • ​Environmental Law,

  • Waste Management Legislation,

  • Access to Environmental information,

  • Noise Nuisance,

  • Litter prevention and control,

  • Planning and Development in Ireland,

  • Domestic Refuse Services,

  • Tax Reliefs on Domestic service Charges,

  • Recycling & Composting domestic waste,

  • Recycling Waste Electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE),

  • Water Services,

  • Water Charges,

  • Water Conservation Grant,

  • Agriculture and forestry,

  • Animal welfare and control

 

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Social Welfare

 

  • Irish Social Welfare System,

  • Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) & Public Service Card,

  • Claiming a social welfare payment,

  • Adult and Child dependants,

  • Social assistance payments &

  • Means Test,

  • Late claims,

  • Taxation of SW payments,

  • Overpayments,

  • APPEALS,

  • Other...

 

 

 

 

Immigration
 

  • ​Irish Immigration System

  • Visas

  • Summary of Stamps

  • Registration

  • Residency and Residency Certificates

  • Employment Permit

  • Irish Citizenship

  • Naturalisation

  • Business Permission

  • Students

  • Asylum & Refugee

  • Repatriation

  • Foreign Adoption

  • Change of Status

 

 

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Consumer Affairs

 

  • Consumer Rights

  • Consumer Complaints

  • Pricing

  • Product safety and labelling

  • Financial Services

  • Credit & Debit

  • Motoring (buying or renting a car)

  • Travelers' Rights

  • Food Safety & Food Safety Authority 

  • TV Licence

  • Complaints against Media

  • Censorship

  • Telecommunications & Postal Services

  • Energy & Water Services

  • Domestic Refuse Services

  • Recycling Services & Waste Management

Justice

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  • Courts System,

  • Court Procedures,

  • Civil & Criminal Law

  • Legal Aid & Advice

  • Prison System

  • Access to Garda records,

  • Garda Vetting,

  • Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission,

  • European Laws,

  • Peace Commisioners,

  • Law Enforcement,

  • Arrests,

  • Witnesses,

  • Evidence

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