There are a number of changes coming into effect from Budget 2026 in the next few weeks including social welfare increases, ...

Abolishing income disregards for the carer’s allowance would take decades at the rate of reduction in last week’s budget, Sinn Féin has argued. The Government increased the income disregard by 60 per ...

A major €10 weekly hike on social welfare payments has been announced as part of this year’s Budget. Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers said he is allocating €28.9 billion to the Department ...

In Budget 2026, the Government announced a €28.9bn allocation for the Department of Social Protection, including an increase of more than €2bn on the previous year. It provides a €10 weekly increase ...

A vital winter payment has seen some changes as part of Budget 2026. Fuel Allowance will see a €5 weekly increase come into effect from January, as well as expanded eligibility to families on Working ...

The chancellor is expected to announce changes to universal credit, PIP and the Motability scheme during her speech on 26 ...

So, which side of the coin are you on when it comes to Budget 2026? Certainly, politicians have already made their positions clear. For Government, the €9.4bn plan is all about "protecting jobs", ...

The additional cost of living mechanism, introduced at the end of 2022, will continue next year, Minister Caruana said. Since its introduction, an average of 85,000 families and single persons has ...

SIX welfare schemes are set to be excluded from a weekly payment hike set to come into effect in January. As part of Budget 2026, Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary announced that multiple ...

Do you think the reduced apartment tax will lead to more affordable apartments or is this just an incentive to build them Mr R.D. That’s really the big question of a budget that pretty much focused ...