People receiving social welfare payments are to get a €200 lump sum.
Ministers are meeting this morning to sign off on a €1.2 billion cost of living support package.
People receiving social welfare payments are to get a €200 lump sum, while there will be a once-off €100 extra child benefit payment and €100 extra for the Back to School Allowance.
The 9% VAT rate for the hospitality sector is to be extended until September, before going back to 13.5%.
Sinn Fein Laois Offaly TD Brian Stanley says while he welcomes the increases there are still people in the country facing huge financial burdens:
Meanwhile, Junior Minister in the Department of Agriculture and Kildare South Fine Gael TD Martin Heydon says the Government does recognise the pressure people are under:
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