Government admits cost of living plan 'won't be enough'

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe and Public Expenditure and Reform Minister Michael McGrath at a Budget 2022 briefing last October.  Mr Donohoe today denied that the €.5bn package announced today is a mini-budget.

The Government has admitted its half a billion euro package to address the cost of living crisis “won’t be enough” for many families.

Opposition parties and social justice groups were scathing in their criticism of the “lack of ambition” in the plan, with Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty saying it “won’t scratch the surface” of the pain being felt.