SVP calls for increased social welfare payments

Tuesday 24 June 2014 16.36

The Society of St Vincent de Paul has called on the Government to increase social welfare payments by at least 3.25%.

Ireland's largest charity said a rise is needed to reflect the increase in the cost of a minimum essential standard of living over the past five years.

Presenting its pre-budget submission, the charity said it is spending €80m a year on people in need, which is an increase of more than half since 2008. 

Helping households to meet fuel and energy bills costs the society €11m a year, an increase of almost 200% since the onset of the recession.

The charity said a sister organisation has calculated that the average cost of a minimum essential standard of living has increased by 3.25% in the past five years. 

It said that this is much faster than the general inflation rate.

The organisation called on the Government to increase social welfare and related payments to meet that increase.

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