“We will start introducing automatic child benefits for the first time in April 2024,” said the Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security, Ana Mendes Godinho, at a press conference where she presented the social security budget for next year.
As he explained, the measure “means that parents will no longer have to apply for family benefits”, as there will be data that crosses between social security, based on information from the Institute of Registers and Notaries, and income data declared by country.
“Social security will only take an intermediate step, in fact it will communicate to the family that they are entitled to it. If the family validates the data and confirms that they want to receive the family benefit, the grant will be automatic,” said Ana Mendes Godinho , considering that “it is one of the most impactful measures from the point of view of social security transformation”.
The minister emphasized that this is the budget with “the largest increase ever in support for families”, with 2.3 billion euros in this area, whether it concerns the “structural increase in family benefits or the increase in the guarantee for children” or the expansion of free daycare centers.
According to him, the family benefit will increase by 22 euros per month in 2024 “for all children regardless of the bracket, which means an increase of 264 euros per year for all brackets.”
Source: DN
