Burton looking at two-tier child benefit system
The Social Protection Minister Joan Burton has given her clearest indication yet that child benefit will be hit in the budget.
Burton told the Dáil that weekly payments such as jobseekers allowance and pensions should be protected but she can only confirm that in the budget.
However, child benefit is a monthly payment and therefore would not fall under this.
Minister Burton also admitted she is looking at a two-tier system that would give higher child benefit to those on social welfare:
"We want to have a very close look at how, particularly children who are in families out of work or are in families in work with low incomes, such a report would impact on those families."
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