Scheme to allow welfare recipients keep benefits while earning €14k not restricted to refugees

A refugee from Ukraine waits in the ticket hall of the railway station in Przemysl, eastern Poland, last month. The number of people arriving into Ireland fell significantly over the Easter holidays but the Cabinet was told that the number is beginning to climb again. Photo: Wojtek Radwanski/AFP

A scheme to allow welfare recipients to earn up to €14,000 without impacting their benefits is not restricted to Ukrainian refugees, Minister Heather Humphreys has said.

Announcing the scheme which will allow people on welfare to take people into their homes, Ms Humphreys made clear the 12-month scheme is not limited to refugees fleeing the war. It is clear the influx of refugees from Ukraine has added an urgency to the search for all forms of accommodation in the State.