Cost-of-living package to include €200 payment for OAPs and carers but no energy credit

Previous cuts to fuel excise will be slowly reintroduced following a 'robust discussion' at the Cabinet table.

Parents are set to get a €100 child benefit lump sum, while the back-to-school clothing & footwear allowance set to increase by €100.

Pensioners, carers, people with disabilities, and lone parents will all receive a €200 lump sum as part of a cost-of-living package that was approved by Cabinet on Tuesday. 

Parents are set to get a €100 child benefit lump sum while the Government has also agreed to increase the back-to-school clothing & footwear allowance by €100 in a bid to protect the most vulnerable.