Around 200,000 people who receive the living alone allowance will see their weekly payment increase by €5 per week. Expand Close Support: Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys. Photo: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin Colin Keegan / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Support: Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys. Meanwhile, ministers will take the remaining days before the Budget to consider whether 1.4 million people will get a Christmas bonus welfare payment this year. Read MoreBonusThe question of whether 1.4 million people will get a Christmas bonus welfare payment this year remains undecided.

Source: Irish Independent October 10, 2020 01:32 UTC