Sickness Assistance: will increase by €416 per year.
Allowance for families with children who have physical or mental disabilities will increase by €5 per week.
Disability and Carers assistance to increase.
Assistance programmes: asset limit for married couples or partners will rise from €23,300 to €26,000, and for single individuals, from €14,000 to €16,000.
The right to paternity leave is being extended to self-employed fathers, allowing them, like employed fathers, to take 10 days paid paternity leave.
Marriage Grant will be increased by almost €170 to €500 per person.
Childrence allowance will increase by €250 for each child.
Pensions up be €8 per week.
Income Tax allowances: €140 million in people’s pockets.
COLA increase: The COLA will rise by €5.24 a week in 2025
Finance Minister Clyde Caruana has risen to deliver the government’s Budget 2025.
