Calls for increases in social welfare rates to protect low-income households

People took to the streets of Cork city for a Cost of Living protest march, part of a national series of protests, on Saturday. Picture: Larry Cummins

The government is facing calls to increase core social welfare rates by €20 a week as part of a budget package to protect low-income households.

After thousands of people took to the streets for cost of living crisis rallies over the weekend, Seán Healy, the chief executive of Social Justice Ireland, will use his address to the National Economic Dialogue at Dublin Castle today to urge the government to “do no harm” to low-income households in the October budget.