Budget 2026 brings social welfare hikes, expanded eligibility for certain benefits and increased weekly income thresholds ...
A monthly social welfare payment worth €360 was just hiked and even workers can qualify for it. The Domiciliary Care Allowance, or DCA, rose to €360 per month from January 2025 instead of €340. DCA is ...
The Social Democrats have called on the government to show a true commitment to introducing a cost of disability payment in ...
The New Year is just around the corner, and it's set to usher in a raft of changes to a number social welfare programmes. Budget 2026, unveiled in October, announced hikes to a number of social ...
The bulk of the changes to social welfare schemes announced in Budget 2026 will take effect from the beginning of January, but some will also kick in later in the year ...
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 ...