Eamon Ryan is in favour of continuing cost of living cash supports past the current end of February deadline and paying for them out of a massive surprise €2billion surplus tax fund.
The Energy Minister has also backed a return of another cost of living package next winter, saying we need to “keep enough money in the locker” for this too.
Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys came to Cabinet this week with the great news that the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) we all pay into is €2billion in the black for 2022.