Some changes announced in Budget 2025 have now come into effect.
The cut-off limit for the standard rate of income tax was increased yesterday by €2,000.
Social Welfare rates have risen by €12 a week, while the cost of fuel went up by 2 cent a litre.
Minimum wage increased by 80 cent to €13.50 an hour – while the USC was cut from 4% to 3%.
While welcoming some of the changes, Michelle Murphy, Research and Policy Analyst with Social Justice Ireland, says the important one-off household payments will end in April:
