There will be a “social welfare and pensions element” to further cost-of-living measures to be announced in the next fortnight, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said
THERE WILL BE a “social welfare and pensions element” to further cost-of-living measures to be announced in the next fortnight, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.
Among the measures due to expire at the end of the month are the reduced VAT rate for gas and electricity, the reduced excise duty on petrol and diesel, a reduced VAT rate of 9% for the hospitality sector and a moratorium on energy disconnections.“We haven’t decided on any of the details of it yet,” Varadkar told RTE Radio.“I believe that you need an element of both, universal measures to help everyone, but those who are suffering the most are those who need the most help.
“What I can say is that there will be a social welfare and pensions element to the cost-of-living package for the spring.“And that’s because people on pensions and people who are receiving social welfare payments, they’re the ones who are really struggling the most with the high cost of living and we have to help them.”
“It was brought in a number of months ago,” Varadkar said of the eviction ban, “and at the time, our hope was that by bringing in that partial eviction ban that we’d see homeless numbers falling as they did during the pandemic.A survey published by children’s charity Barnardos this week found that 10% of families questioned are going to food banks, and that 29% of parents said they had skipped meals or reduced portion sizes so that their children would have enough to eat.
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