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

The review is being carried out and I look forward to seeing what it has to say. There are always cases where you would love people to be getting something but unfortunately, when there are criteria some people will fall outside them and some will qualify. In budget 2022, the Government committed to very significant increases in a targeted package of social protection supports. The qualified child payment was increased by €2 per week for children under 12 and €3 per week for children over 12. The living alone allowance was increased by €3. The working family payment threshold increased and the fuel allowance was increased. There were a lot of changes and it was a €1 billion package. I take the Deputy's point. I have seen this happen myself.

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