Second tier of Child Benefit

Headline figure

Means-tested second tier ≈ €200m/yr.

Attribution & links

Origin

Manifesto

Owner

Aontú

Policy area

Social Protection

Underwrites commitment

Introduce a second means-tested tier of Child Benefit

First stated

2024-11-21

Last reviewed

2026-05-23

Verification

Cross-checked against the source document. Quote captured verbatim where the figure is directly stated; gaps and mismatches are noted honestly.

Searched Aontú GE2024 Manifesto - Common Sense Manifesto Part 2, p.7: "Aontú will provide an additional, second rate of means-tested child benefit. This additional child benefit will reach 100,000 households. We estimate that introducing this payment would cost around €700 million per year.". Aontú manifesto states a cost of €700m/yr for this measure, while the claim records €200m/yr. The data file's figure does not match the manifesto's stated cost.

Evidence & sources

Every euro figure above ultimately traces back to the source document below.