# Child Benefit
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This year
2024
Cabinet
Plans to extend child benefit to over-18s still in education brought forward to May
Updated
13 Feb
21.5k
26
Last year
2023
Cabinet
Social welfare rates reduced for new Ukrainian arrivals as new reception centres to be rolled out
A subsistence payment of €38.80 per week will be provided to those in state accommodation for 90 days.
The reduced subsistence payment will be made for the 90-day period, with an additional payment of €29.80 per child per week.
Minister Roderic O'Gorman says he doesn't envisage that homelessness will rise as a result of the new changes.
New reception centres are to come online next year.
Updated
12 Dec 2023
20.9k
Child Benefit
Government has ignored children in Direct Provision, Children's Rights Alliance says
4 Dec 2023
7.0k
Child Benefit
Double child benefit for around 650,000 families to be paid tomorrow
4 Dec 2023
23.6k
60
Support for parents
Double Child Benefit payment 'before Christmas' announced in Budget 2024
10 Oct 2023
173k
6
Social Protection
Government plans to extend child benefit to over-18s still in school as part of Budget
Updated
15 Sep 2023
58.1k
43
ESRI
Means-tested extra child benefit payment could lift 40,000 children out of poverty
7 Sep 2023
48.4k
92
Cost of Living
650,000 families to receive an additional €100 per child in benefit payments today
6 Jun 2023
13.9k
24
Cost of Living
The government has announced a new cost-of-living package. Here's what's in it
21 Feb 2023
83.9k
77
All time
Voices
Dr Laura Bambrick: Why pay child benefit to wealthy parents?
Dr Laura Bambrick
7 Nov 2022
27.7k
45
Child Benefit
The double child benefit payment of €280 announced in the Budget is being paid today
Updated
1 Nov 2022
38.0k
35
budget 2023
Double child benefit payment, welfare hikes and tax changes - here's what to expect in the Budget
13 Aug 2022
140k
83
Welfare
Child benefit instalment unpaid for older teenagers due to delay with forms
7 Jul 2021
27.3k
3
Fine Gael
Fine Gael distances itself from councillor's comments that child benefit can be a 'subsidy to have sex'
25 May 2021
61.5k
80
Jail
Man who fraudulently claimed over €225,000 in social welfare admits to falsely claiming a further €18,000
20 Jan 2020
62.2k
48
Data Protection
Department seeks judicial review after watchdog rules child benefit data collection unlawful
2 Aug 2019
13.5k
delayed payment
Problem over payment of child benefit to Irish parents 'resolved' following industry-wide banking issue
2 Oct 2018
39.1k
71
Childcare Costs
Social Protection Minister rules out means testing child benefit payment
5 Jun 2018
15.6k
153
recommended
Poll: Should parents who don't get vaccinations for their children have child benefit cut in half?
3 May 2017
45.5k
507
budget2017
Giving parents a tax credit for childcare would have cost nearly €600m
17 Oct 2016
13.9k
18
Voices
The Debate Room: Should Child Benefit be linked to school attendance?
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
14 May 2016
1.5k
99
The Daily Poll
Poll: Do you support child benefit being linked to school attendance?
11 May 2016
34.6k
215
The leaks so far
Your USC is being cut, but what else do we know about Budget 2016?
14 Sep 2015
46.8k
100
parliamentary language
Joan slams social welfare fraudsters for 'giving two fingers to their neighbours'
24 Jun 2015
25.8k
137
kids and money
Some Leaving Cert students don't get Child Benefit - because of their age
29 Jan 2015
48.7k
50
imf warning
Child benefit is 'staying as it is', regardless of what the IMF says
28 Jan 2015
17.5k
81
thinking ahead
Child benefit could be increased by even more than a fiver in Budget 2016
15 Oct 2014
10.8k
52