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‘€42 a month? You could spend more on a dinner in the city’: Young adults underwhelmed by budget

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“I appreciate they’ve tried to do something, but do I think it’s had much of an impact? Not really. Most of my peers are spending more than half their income on rent, so it doesn’t really cut it.”

Ms Tierney welcomed the Government’s commitment to extend the free contraception scheme for women from 16 up to 30 years of age from September 1st, 2023. The scheme was originally for women aged 17 to 25.

Under the new budget, every household is to receive three €200 electricity credits. Donagh Ruane , who works full-time and studies part-time, said he and his housemates were “going out of our way to conserve energy but we’re worried we’ll be annihilated this winter”. “Minimum wage is also still below living wage, which is a joke, and affects a lot of young people. Even people on living wage are barely keeping their head above water now.”

Laura Dowling , a third-year graduate entry medicine student at University College Dublin, said she was “very disappointed” that those in her course “won’t be eligible for the same grants as other students”.

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