Image: Alamy Stock Photo SOCIAL WELFARE SUPPORTS of €141.4 million has been provided by the Department of Social Protection so far this year.
Cabinet was today updated on the department’s finance management which found spending is 1.4% higher than profiled for this year, with additional spending also going on Covid supports such as additional payments for the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme.A Government spokesperson said the overspend is due to the “very necessary and important decisions” that had to be taken by the minister in light of the Ukraine crisis.
Government policy on the Ukrainian response has hardened in recent days with the introduction of a refusals policy which means Ukrainian refugees will not get a second offer if they turn down alternative accommodation and refuse to vacate their hotels.Cabinet was also informed of an overspend within the Department of Education, with a net expenditure until the end of September standing at €7.039 billion or 78.5% of the Department’s 2022 allocation of €8.964 billion.
The Government states that capital expenditure costs are ahead of profile due to issues such as construction inflation; a need to deliver a large cohort of special class and special school places at pace to support children with additional needs as well as the urgent need to cater for 12,544 school children from Ukraine.
A joke while Irish struggle everyday , help others but not the Irish in Ireland , a shit show of a country
Taking in refugees, feeding them and giving them accommodation is one thing, giving them money free money, our money, ir something completely different. This is completely unacceptable, particularly when we face a crisis in health, housing, education, policing and cost od living
Far to much - the need refuge not a pay out
How about Irish people/Irish citizens who are homeless, struggling to pay their pays/ find a home to rent? How about local hospitals and schools which need funding badly? Nice to see the government helping others before helping your own. Well done
FFFG MONEYTREE
Mental health services could have done with this money years ago loads of Irish people without family members now so many young lives lost Ireland in 2022 great job lads
Never trust eastrean Europeans
much needed finance that would sort out the hospital crisis children on waiting list OAP putting a roof over family's head fiannafailparty FineGael decades in Government and never sorted the problem but with the click of a finger they can find the cash 2 look after refugees
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We're a great country
Irish people can’t get housing or medical care, but Ukrainians, just say the word and it’s done. Disgusting treatment of Irish taxpayers
€141 million so far..
Crazy! How much money going to waste on these scum bags coming over! While Irish guy dies fighting for them, n all the young guys coming here to get everything free.. scum
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money well spent go Ireland, glad we are helping
Aren't we the Irish a great people? The taxpayers of this country have shown up in this hour of need even in a cost of living crisis.
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