A number of social welfare payments are set to receive weekly rate increases from January 2026, with the rises announced as ...

Spiralling numbers of people, including children, being diagnosed with disabilities will have a “progressively significant impact on social welfare ... spending,” in coming years, a Department of ...

The bulk of the changes to social welfare schemes announced in Budget 2026 will take effect from the beginning of January, ...

Budget 2025 was announced earlier this month, and it contained a €1.2 billion social welfare package “targeted to those with the greatest need”, according to Public Expenditure Minister Paschal ...

In response to Paul Hosford’s article — ‘Disability allowance appeals surge as thousands of rejected applications later approved’ ( Irish Examiner, November 25) — I too would love to see an internal ...

A HIKE of €25 in social welfare rates is needed to close income gaps between poorer households and the better-off, a think-tank will tell the Government today. Social Justice Ireland is attending ...

Your recent article detailing Eoghan Gorman’s denial of disability allowance due to his partner’s income highlights the inequities embedded in our system — ‘Man paralysed in accident denied disability ...