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Effective increase of €41 million on expenditure on social benefits in the first half of the year
The expenditure on contributary and non-contributary social benefits has continued its growth between January and June of this year and has now reached the global sum of €583 million. When...
290,000 persons benefitted from several social measures
The Ministry for Social Justice and Solidarity, the Family and Children’s Rights has already carried out 95% of the 2021 Budget Measures with 17 out of 18 social measures already completely...
Strengthening the Workers- More employments and benefits, less social dependence
During the press conference forming part of the ‘Strengthening the Worker’ campaign Hon. Michael Falzon, Minister for Social Justice and Solidarity, the Family and Children’s Rights stated...
Strengthening workers by addressing past injustice for the fifth consecutive year
“This is a very meaningful week for all those who believe in the role of workers, thus it is important to remember Workers’ Day because the Labour Government has always had one goal: the...
Nearly one thousand, one hundred parents were paid €580,000 in Covid temporary benefits
The payment process has now been concluded and over 1, 100 parents of children under the age of 16 and children with severe disabiities have benefitted from the Covid temporary benefits. Over 1,...
Expenditure for Social Benefits for 2020 exceeds one billion Euro
For the first time in our country, a historic milestone in the social area has been set, after the global expenditure in social security benefits has exceeded one billion euro. The total...