Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 February 2024

Select Committee on Social Protection

Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised)

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We have the targeted measure, which is the back to school clothing and footwear allowance. That is targeted at low-income families going back to school in September. We have expanded the school meals programme, which will be a big help. It is coming onstream for another 900 schools from 1 April. We extended the child benefit to 18-year-olds in full-time education, which will come in later in the year. We have done a number of things. It is like everything around budget time. It is the same as with Deputy Ó Laoghaire's point. I cannot do everything. There is much more that we would love to do. We try to target it as much as we can.

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