Additional €100 In Child Benefit Being Paid To 650,000 Families This Month

Tuesday, 6 June 2023 09:14

By Oisin Coyne

The extra support means that €240 per child will be paid this month in respect of more than 1.2 million children.

A once-off additional €100 in Child Benefit is being paid this month to help 650,000 families with the cost of living.

The extra support means that €240 per child will be paid this month in respect of more than 1.2 million children.

An additional €100 payment is also being made from this month for each child for whom the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance is paid.

For a child aged 4-11, the payment will be €260 and €385 for those aged 12-22.

The measures were announced by the Government in February as part of a €410m social welfare package to support families, pensioners, carers and people with disabilities.

They also included a lump sum of €200 to people in receipt of long-term social welfare payments and a €200 payment for some Working Family Payment recipients.

Both of these were made in April.

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