'This will help more people with disabilities who wish to enter or return to the workforce'

'We know that a lot of people have paid over a lot of years in to the social insurance fund'

'I think it's about time that Fianna Fail and Fine Gael put the Green Party back into their box'

Elsewhere, Gardaí are investigating an incident of criminal damage to a Monaghan town National School.

Minister Heather Humphreys also dismissed claims that yesterday's announcement was "anti-rural".

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It’s believed benefits like the pension and jobseekers allowance could be going up, as inflation is rising.