Electricity credits; double child benefit: Here are the cost-of-living measures from Budget 2025

Pensioners will get a double payment in October and parents will get two double child benefit payments, one in November and another in December.  Picture: iStock

Two €125 electricity credits, two double child benefit payments, and multiple bonus social welfare splurges are all part of the Government’s €2.2bn cost-of-living package.

Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe said that while inflation has moderated, prices have been slow to come down and that many people have been left “worrying about their finances”.