FF pushing for €10 increase in child benefit payments

Fianna Fáil is pushing for a €10 increase in child benefit in the next budget.

It would be the first increase in nearly a decade.

Party leader Micheál Martin says a €12 pension boost and more energy credits are also likely.

Hugh O’Connell, Political Editor at The Sunday Times, says there’s a reason the Tánaiste is discussing the budget six months in advance:

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