Jobseekers and pensioners to get €5 weekly increase

Young jobseekers and pensioners are among those who will receive an extra €5 each week under a €558m social welfare package

Young jobseekers and pensioners are among those who will receive an extra €5 each week under a €558m social welfare package.

Jobseekers and pensioners are among those who will receive an extra €5 each week under a €558m social welfare package.

In his budget speech, Minister for Public Expenditure Michael McGrath said that as we emerge from the pandemic the priority has to be "quality of life, our health, our home, our environment, and the things we perhaps at times took for granted, but have now come to value even more."