Jill Kerby Financial Matters
We need to talk about means testing
Too many social welfare payments go automatically to people who don’t need them
Later this month, on March 25, the €5 increase promised in last October’s budget will be paid to state pension recipients, lone parents (who also get other benefit adjustments), carers, parents on maternity, paternity and adoptive leave, people with disabilities and job seekers.
These and other benefits – like finally allowing the self-employed to claim jobseeker benefits, which will begin ...
