Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for her response. Reverting to her earlier statement about the proactive measures to uplift families and children in budget 2024, the suite of comprehensive measures she has outlined clearly indicates a sincere intent to lessen the financial strain and boost the quality of life for many families.

Those measures are to be commended, including the €12 weekly hike in social welfare, the increase in the working family payment, the enhanced weekly qualified child payment and the parent's benefit extension. The Minister talked about once-off payments and also strategies for the longer term to tackle the underlying drivers of family and child poverty. Does she have projections for how those strategies might decrease the prevalence of poverty?

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