Budget 2022 latest: Fuel allowance to rise by €5 per week

Budget 2022 latest: Fuel allowance to rise by €5 per week

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The fuel allowance will go up by €5 per week to €33 in tomorrow's budget, and more people will qualify as the criteria are to be changed.

Those on the basic supplementary welfare allowance will only have to wait 12 months before they qualify for the payment instead of the current 15 months under the changes, and the income thresholds for pensioners will also increase, considerably widening the net in relation to who can claim the fuel allowance.

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