FF will push for €12 pensions increase and €10 child benefit hike in budget – Micheál Martin

Tánaiste said the priority in Budget 2025 must be families on low and middle incomes under the most pressure from rising prices

Tánaiste and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin at the party's ard fheis in the Dublin Royal Convention Centre. Picture: Gareth Chaney

Fianna Fáil will be "pushing very strongly" for a €10 increase to child benefit in the upcoming budget, the Tánaiste has said.

A €12 weekly increase for pensioners, further energy credits, free schoolbooks and childcare as well as a significant tax package are among a list of measures being promised by Micheál Martin's party.