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Government under pressure to hike social welfare in next Budget

May 29, 2023 07:41 By Shannonside News
Government under pressure to hike social welfare in next Budget
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Social Justice Ireland is making the call.

There's a call for social welfare rates to go up by 25 euro a week in the next Budget.

Social Justice Ireland says the Government must do so to reduce poverty and meet its own targets.

It says without the social welfare system just over one-third of the Irish population would have been living in poverty last year.

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Social Justice Ireland Research and Policy Analyst Susanne Rogers says the amount given last year was insufficient

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