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 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 ...