Your guide to Budget 2022

This guide provides a high-level overview of Budget 2022.

It aims to explain how money will be raised and spent in 2022.

Key measures in Budget 2022

National Childcare Scheme universal subsidy extended to all children aged up to 15
€5 increase in weekly social welfare payments
€5 increase in weekly payments for pensioners
Living Alone Allowance to be increased by €3
Fuel Allowance increased by €5
Parent's Benefit to be paid for 7 weeks (an increase of 2 weeks) from July 2022
introduction of a Youth Travel Card for those aged 19-23

11,820 new social homes will be delivered through build, acquisition and leasing programmes. 9,000 of these will be new build homes
€18 million for the delivery of Traveller accommodation
11,000 grants to adapt the homes of older people and people with a disability
14,800 new households to have their housing needs met under the Housing Assistance Payment and Rental Accommodation Scheme, in addition to supporting almost 82,000 existing tenancies under these schemes

1,165 additional SNA's, bringing the total number of SNA's to almost 19,200
an additional 350 teachers to reduce school staffing schedules by 1 point for all primary schools
7,600 places in Further Education and Training courses in key skills areas of the economy
980 additional special education teachers working in special classes, special schools and mainstream settings to support children with special educational needs
off-the-job training places for 7,000 craft apprentices impacted by COVID-19
a €200 increase in the maintenance grant payment in the Student Support Scheme
recruitment of up to 800 new trainee Gardaí and 400 Garda staff

Budget 2022: A citizen's guide

This document explains what the Budget is and gives an overview of the measures that are coming into place

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Budget 2022: A citizen's guide - As Gaeilge

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