Leo Varadkar tells Dáil second tier of child benefit being considered following report from ESRI
“But the proposal has real merit and I look forward to understanding more about how it might be implemented.”Mr Varadkar added that while the specifics of other issues would be decided on Budget day, Government departments were working towards “a shared goal of improving child welfare”.report, published earlier this month, found a new means-tested tier of child benefit could take more than 40,000 children out of poverty.
He said that “like last year”, the Budget would “put money back in people’s pockets and also ensure that the money that they do have goes further”.
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