Minister Humphreys announces 650,000 families to receive increased Child Benefit payments this week
- Published on: 5 June 2023
- Last updated on: 13 June 2023
Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys, has announced an additional €100 per child in Child Benefit Payments will be paid tomorrow (Tuesday) to support 650,000 families with the Cost of Living.
The additional support means that €240 per child will be paid this month in respect of over 1.2 million children.
Child Benefit Payments totalling almost €300 million will be received in families’ bank accounts tomorrow, Tuesday 6 June.
The increased Child Benefit payments are part of a package of measures secured by Minister Humphreys in February and are in addition to the €2.2 billion of supports provided for in Budget 2023.
Commenting today, Minister Humphreys said:
“I’m pleased to announce that some 650,000 families will receive an extra €100 per child in their Child Benefit payments this week to support them with the cost of living.
“Child Benefit is an extremely important income support that reaches hundreds of thousands of hardworking families.
“I’m deeply conscious of the difficulties families are facing right now in meeting their bills.
“And so, I’m pleased to confirm that I have co-signed the regulations along with Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform Paschal Donohoe, which will put this €100 increase into effect.
“This extra child benefit payment will be received in people’s bank accounts from tomorrow. It follows the €200 Cost of Living Payment in April, which supported 1.3 million pensioners, carers, people with disabilities and working families.
“Parents who receive the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance will also receive an additional €100 for each child this summer.
“This package of measures, in addition to the €2.2 billion of supports secured as part of Budget 2023, underlines our continued commitment to address the increased cost of living being experienced by families.”
Notes
Child Benefit is a monthly payment of €140 for each child.
It is made to families with children in respect of all qualified children up to the age of 16 years.
The payment continues to be paid in respect of children until their 18th birthday if they are in full-time education or have a disability.
County breakdown of Child Benefit recipients
| County | Number of families receiving Child Benefit |
| Clare | 15,097 |
| Cork | 72,264 |
| Cavan | 10,763 |
| Carlow | 9,014 |
| Donegal | 21,316 |
| Dublin | 172,283 |
| Galway | 33,772 |
| Kildare | 34,810 |
| Kilkenny | 11,691 |
| Kerry | 19,136 |
| Longford | 5,976 |
| Louth | 20,718 |
| Limerick | 26,521 |
| Leitrim | 4,418 |
| Laois | 11,670 |
| Meath | 30,645 |
| Monaghan | 8,332 |
| Mayo | 16,659 |
| Offaly | 10,530 |
| Roscommon | 8,161 |
| Sligo | 8,348 |
| Tipperary | 21,636 |
| Waterford | 16,768 |
| Westmeath | 13,429 |
| Wicklow | 21,359 |
| Wexford | 21,817 |