Ministers agree to reduce welfare and housing rights for Ukrainian refugees

A mural of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy by the artist Phil Atkinson in Granard, County Longford, Ireland.

The Government will sign off on proposals to cut welfare rates for newly arrived Ukrainian refugees and to impose time limits on their state accommodation.

Government leaders have agreed to a proposal that will see the €220 weekly welfare payment received by those who flee Ukraine cut to just €38.80 per week for those in state-provided accommodation.