Social Welfare

Budget 2024: Heather Humphries confirms increases for pension, care and disability payments

Social protection minister says pensioners, carers and working families will see an increase in their weekly pay

Heather Humphries, the Minister for Social Protection: “There’s no secret that the groups I’m advocating strongly for are older people, are carers, people with disabilities and working families.” Picture: Maxwells

Heather Humphreys, the Minister for Social Protection, has confirmed that welfare rates will increase for pensioners, carers, people with disabilities and working families in Budget 2024.

Asked how much rates would rise by, Humphreys said the finer details were yet to be decided.

The minister also said she was pushing for “lump sum” welfare payments, and that she was supportive of the “very popular” double child benefit as part of the cost-of-living package accompanying the ...