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The Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys, announced measures totalling €410 million in a social welfare package aimed at supporting families, pensioners, carers and people with disabilities.
There will also be an additional €100 payment for each child for whom the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance is to be paid this summer. The first is a €200 lump sum payment to be paid in April to people in receipt of long-term social welfare payments. This will be paid to primary recipients of the payments who receive the Christmas Bonus.
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