Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Many people were able to use those payments over a period of time. Of course it is different in nature to a weekly payment. We acknowledge that but we know that they were welcomed by many of those who received them. We have no plans to do anything in the spring of 2024. We are preparing the budget now for next year. There will be some additional measures that we will lay out on budget day, in particular for payments across the final few months of this year.