Parents to get extra €100 per child in benefits payment on Tuesday 

Some 650,000 families are expected to receive this support as part of a package of measure that was announced by Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys earlier in February

Parents are set to receive an extra €100 per child in the child benefits payment on Tuesday to help families through the cost of living crisis. 

The measure is one of those that was announced last February and some 650,000 families are expected to receive the extra support.