A new second tier of child benefit could lift 40 thousand children in Ireland out of poverty.
The ESRI has carried out an analysis of increases to the payment, and found a second tier of eligibility would help more children.
It found a second rate of the payment would help more than 100 thousand households, and cost 700 million euro a year.
The report’s lead author, Dr. Barra Roantree says a second rate of child benefit would make sure the country’s poorest children are protected………….
