Ministers are set to approve large reductions in benefits for refugees coming from Ukrain

Published: Dec. 11, 2023, 8 a.m.

Ministers are set to approve large reductions in benefits for refugees coming from Ukraine in the future as accommodation pressures for other nationalities claiming asylum here worsen. Weekly welfare rates for new arrivals from war-torn Ukraine will be cut under plans set to be approved by Ministers. 

Eugene Quinn National Director of the Jesuit Refugee Service Ireland, gave his reaction to this news.