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Double child benefit payment and energy credit on the way

A double child benefit payment of €280 is being paid to families from Tuesday of this week, as part of a series of measures to assist households with the cost of living crisis. They payment will be made for 1.2 million children in the country and ...

01 Nov 2022 at 20:33

Local News

102,843 cost-of-living payments have been issued in Donegal

102,843 cost-of-living payments have been issued in Donegal, it has emerged. 20,925 Donegal families received the double Child Benefit that was paid in November; 48,825 Autumn double payments for social welfare recipients were paid; 18,874 ...

23 Nov 2022 at 18:33

Personal Finance

Some parents could be set for state pension boost after Government announcement

Some parents could get help to fill gaps in their national insurance record, which could boost their state pension. The Government said it recognises concerns that some eligible parents who have not claimed child benefit could miss out on ...

27 Apr 2023 at 16:24

Your community

Top up child benefit to over 11,000 children in Kilkenny to be paid tomorrow

A local councillor has welcomed the additional 100 per child in Child Benefit Payments which will be paid to families to help cope with the increasing cost of living. The additional support means that €240 per child will be paid this ...

05 Jun 2023 at 17:33

Personal Finance

Plans to simplify process for high income child benefit charge set out

Parents who are liable for the high income child benefit charge will no longer have to register for self-assessment in the future in order to pay it. Instead, employees will be able to pay through their tax code. A written statement ...

18 Jul 2023 at 17:05

Yvette Cooper defends keeping two-child benefit cap

Yvette Cooper has defended Labour’s plan to keep the Conservatives’ two-child benefit cap, which has been blamed for pushing families into poverty. The shadow home secretary insisted Labour must be “clear about what we can fund” as ...

17 Jul 2023 at 10:17

Two-child benefit cap affects more than 80,000 children in Scotland, study shows

The two-child benefit cap has affected more than 80,000 children in Scotland in the last year, research commissioned by the SNP has found. Analysis by the House of Commons Library also determined that an additional 20,000 children ...

19 Jul 2023 at 00:01

Local News

What Budget 2025 means for me? All the measures including tax cuts and cash boosts

After much speculation as to what people could expect in Budget 2025, today Minister for Finance Jack Chambers and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe laid out exactly what the Government has targeted in ...

01 Oct 2024 at 17:33

Home

Thousands of Tipperary families to benefit from increase in Child Benefit Payment

Thousands of parents in Tipperary are set to receive an increased Child Benefit Payment from today it has been announced. In total, €100 will be paid per child to support over 650,000 families as one of the final ...

06 Jun 2023 at 20:33

Personal Finance

Some households will receive income and savings boosts during April

Some households will see boosts to their income or have new savings options to choose from as April gets under way. Many will be grappling with April price hikes to their regular bills, but with a new tax year ...

30 Mar 2024 at 02:45

Starmer’s first Commons rebellion over moves to scrap two-child benefit cap

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has faced his first Commons rebellion as the Government comfortably defeated calls to scrap the two-child benefit cap. Seven Labour MPs rebelled to support the SNP-led ...

23 Jul 2024 at 20:00

Local News

Double Christmas children's allowance due to thousands of Laois families

An estimated 12,000 Laois families are entitled to double Child Benefit payments from the start of the December according to the Department of Social Protection. The Minister for Social Protection, ...

05 Dec 2023 at 12:33

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