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    More than 1.5m social welfare recipients to receive average of €520 more in 2026 - as increases come into effect today
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    More than 1.5m social welfare recipients to receive average of €520 more in 2026 – as increases come into effect today


    More than 1.5m social welfare recipients to receive average of €520 more in 2026 – as increases come into effect today

    https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/01/01/more-than-15m-to-receive-average-of-520-this-year-from-social-welfare-increases/

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    15 Comments

    2. davyboy1975 on

      Love it when they put up the total figure to make it sound great. It’s a tenner a week, meanwhile everything else is going up by more then that so it’s of absolutely no benefit pardon the pun to anyone. 

      Would be far more useful to do something to bring down the price of everyday things or energy prices so people would actually see the rewards and have more disposable income in the long run 

    4. MiddleAgedMoan on

      Whatever about the young’ish looking Journalist on this piece (Jack White) surely someone like Pat Leahy could or should do better than this.
      This is simply a government press release with zero analytical or critical journalism involved.

    5. vandalhandle on

      Politicians expenses are more of a drain on taxpayers but vilify the unemployed, and make sure to vote for the politicians that give themselves raises often and fund horse and dog racing with 100 million of taxpayer money per year.

    6. rrcaires on

      1.5M people on social welfare in a 5.3M country. It’s almost 1/3 of the total population, or 1 recipient every 3.5 other person

    7. WraithsOnWings2023 on

      It’s worth noting that about 80% of these payments are allocated to pensions, children’s allowance and sickness supports.

    10. fuzzfrog on

      Full employment. 30% of the population getting social welfare. 24 billion a year. Free money for those that chose not to work, paid for my the workers, whose children will be paying the debt. Yet the lefty losers moan.

    11. Any_Necessary_9588 on

      Strangely no Govt. headline on the 2.5m PAYE workers paying more tax in 2026 through non indexation of bands + PRSI hike. Pravda journalism.

    14. Low_Interview_5769 on

      Start the year as you mean to continue, bitching about welfare folks

      Im all for bitching about lifers, dont get me wrong, but fuck we love a good welfare post