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Spring cost-of-living package to include €200 payment for OAPs and ... (BreakingNews.ie)

It comes before a number of one-off measures introduced alongside Budget 2023 are due to expire at the end of the month.

Minister for Housing, Darragh O’Brien said on Monday that the spring measures would be “very targeted”, and that they were aware that “there may be less pressure on heating and electricity” during the summer months. A €100 lump sum is also expected to be given to Child Benefit recipients, and there will be €100 added to the school clothing and footwear allowance. The Government is expected to sign off on a spring cost-of-living package, which is expected to include a €100 lump sum to those in receipt of child benefit payments.

Welfare and child bonuses in cost-of-living plan (RTE.ie)

There is also set to be a €100 lump sum Child Benefit payment per child and €100 extra for the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance. Despite some ...

Please review their details and accept them to load the content. the Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme for businesses". Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment Simon Coveney said that ministers spent a lot of time discussing how to get the balance right in relation to the new package of cost-of-living support measures Mr Coveney said that his focus was on supporting businesses "with a big focus on what to do in the context of the lower VAT rate and in terms of recalibrating ... Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment Simon Coveney said that ministers had spent a lot of time discussing how to get the balance right. There is also set to be a €100 lump sum Child Benefit payment per child and €100 extra for the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance.

Reduced bonus child benefit payment to form part of slimmed-down ... (The Irish Times)

There will be €200 paid to welfare recipients such as pensioners, carers, lone parents, disabled people and others as a once-off bonus as a further €1.25 ...

Ministers were considering lowering the point at which elevated bills make a business eligible for the scheme. Rural businesses who are fuelled by heating oil or bulked natural gas will also be able to apply following lobbying from the sector. Petrol will go up by 6c on 1st June, 7c on 1st September and 8c on 31st October.

LIVE: Ireland cost of living measures announced by Government (Irish Mirror)

"Labour would have approved a full double-payment of social welfare as well as a full extra month of Child Benefit. We would have added €8 per week to all ...

The Government leaders, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Micheal Martin and Eamon Ryan will make the announcement at a press conference expected to begin at 12.30pm. The total cost of social protection measures is expected to be over €400m. "It is wildly insufficient for the depth and breadth of the crisis that we are seeing. We recognise that people are under pressure, we have sought to target resources in the best way that we possibly can. “We are also calling on the government to introduce a tax on wealth. TD Bríd Smith said: “The cost of living package that the government is proposing will simply not be enough. The third of three credits announced in last year's Budget will be applied to bills in March. “A vibrant tourism industry is one of the most effective ways to spread employment opportunities and prosperity throughout the entire country. Pensioners, carers, lone parents, the disabled and other welfare recipients will get a once-off €200 payment son top of their usual payment in April. SVP says that the specific measures announced today such as the €100 extra for the Back-to-School Clothing and Footwear Allowance is a welcome measure that will help struggling families on low income. The possibility of restoring credits will be raised again ahead of the Budget in September. Removal of this buffer at this time would have put many in the Experience Economy, particularly SMEs, in jeopardy, and would only have added to inflationary pressures and undermined international competitiveness.

Spring cost-of-living package: Social welfare lump sums and child ... (Buzz.ie)

From social welfare to excise duties to energy credits to taxes, here's what's in the spring cost-of-living package.

The Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme is also expected to be extended and will last a further three months. - 1 September - diesel will go up by €0.05 per litre - 1 June - diesel will go up by €0.05 per litre From September it will return to 13.5 per cent. - 1 September - petrol will go up by €0.07 per litre - 1 June - petrol will go up by €0.06 per litre

The government has announced a new cost-of-living package ... (thejournal.ie)

A ONCE-OFF €100 child benefit payment and a €200 lump sum for social welfare recipients will be paid out as part of the cost-of-living measures agreed by ...

They will qualify for more financial support, and it will be backdated to September.” Excise duty cuts were due to be scrapped from next week which would have resulted in petrol increasing overnight by 23 cent and diesel by 18 cent. It means more businesses will qualify. The 9% VAT rate on electricity and gas is being extended to the end of October. The waiver means that a usual fee of €116 for the Leaving Cert exams and €109 for the Junior Cert exams will not have to be paid by students. These fees were also waived last year.

Over €410 million in social protection measures as part of ... (Gov.ie)

Over €410 million in social protection as part of government cost of living supports. €200 cost of living payment to long-term social welfare recipients.

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