Social Welfare

Too early to speculate on Budget 2024 measures - Humphreys

Social Protection Minister says further top-up child support and back-to-school measures to come in the summer

  • May 29, 2023
Heather Humphreys, Minister for Social Protection: “This government has never been found wanting when it came to supporting people.”

Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys has said it is “a bit early” to speculate on budget measures.

Asked by reporters in Co Monaghan if she supported Social Justice Ireland’s call to raise core social welfare rates by 25 euros in the next budget, Humphreys said her priority has been to look after pensioners, people on disability and carers.

She said: “It’s only at the end of May and it’s a bit early to be ...