Children's allowance rises
The minimum rate of children's allowance will rise from €350 to €450 per child, Finance Minister Tonio Fenech announced in the Budget today. The allowance will be of €527 for families on the minimum wage.20,400 families are expected to benefit.
Mr Fenech said the government is planning to build childcare centres in Naxxar, San Gwann, Gzira and Zurrieq.
Parents who send their children to childcare centres will continue to benefit up to €1,300 in tax rebates while mothers who return to work after being away for five years or more to raise children will continue to benefit from a tax-free period of one year.
As announced last year, maternity leave is rising to 18 weeks.
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dawn wood
Nov 29th 2012, 08:48
so is this increase on a yearly basis or every quarter, in the uk your entitled to £20.30 wk for the first born and £13.30 for every child after. This being lets say 2 children £33.60 per week which is Euro 45 per week, i can see that This goverment is really helping the family.
mark borg
Nov 28th 2012, 20:51
kemm jinbidlu izz minijiet...meta Mintoff dahhal childrens allowance go Malta tal Pn fil parliamnet ivvutaw kontra kienu ..illum ghax lejlet elezzjoni jroxxu ftit bzar ...u jhekk jerga jitla (alla hares qatt) blinterssi jiehu kollox lura serrhu raskhom
Joseph Gatt
Nov 28th 2012, 21:15
il PN huwa gvern vicin il-familji maltin u ghaldaqstant jimplimenta mizuri favur il-familja
Mark Debono
Nov 28th 2012, 20:28
Very good initiative!
Joseph Micallef
Nov 28th 2012, 20:08
Minn fejn se jgibhom GonziPN dawn il-flus? Meta se jwettaqha din il-weghda GonziPN? B'kemm se jgholliha z-zieda GonziPN? 350 jew 450 Euro? Ghandna dritt nistaqsu u ninghataw twegiba, parikolarment meta wiehed jiftakar li GonziPN dahaq bik u jerga jipprova jidhaq bik!
Pauline Zarb
Nov 28th 2012, 20:16
Milli jidher difficli hafna ghalik taqra l-budget hux ghax it-twegibiet kollha hemm qeghdin.......Tonio Fenech mhux bhal Joseph Muscat ta'...meta jitkellem jaghmel dan bil-fatti f'idu u mhux bl-islogans vojta biss
Jonathan Barbara
Nov 29th 2012, 08:11
Will rise FROM 350 to 450, mhux BY 350 to 450. Jigifieri qieghda 350 u tiela 450.
Malcolm Seychell
Nov 28th 2012, 20:04
Typical of a super socialist government. Always benefit the low class or lazy people. If you work hard and study you get nothing....
Pauline Zarb
Nov 28th 2012, 20:14
Super Socialist or government with a heart? By any chance are you the same guy who once ran for AN because if you are I think the people told you and your heartless politics to go packing some 5 years ago when the sad excuse of a political party that was AN was humbled at the polls.
Malcolm Seychell
Nov 28th 2012, 20:35
a 3rd party will never make it in Malta.... Just read again AN's Manifest and you will find out that most of our points had to come into force because Malta and Europe is going bankrupt.... Obviously you are another socialist who is happy to keep on increasing debt. Don't worry you will soon have to start sharing misery because that is what socialism always gets in return
j brincat
Nov 28th 2012, 19:57
"Mr Fenech said the government is planning to build childcare centres in Naxxar, San Gwann, Gzira and Zurrieq"
How will GonziPN build these childcare centres when he would SOON be completely out of the picture!
Shouldn't GonziPN have thought of these earlier. Why leave them for the LAST budget?
(jb)
Diane Abela
Nov 28th 2012, 20:06
Are you telling us that a new Labour government will not build any new childcare centres?
Mario Falzon
Nov 28th 2012, 20:07
This is part of a process, part of a plan. Rome wasn't built in a day.
mark borg
Nov 28th 2012, 21:45
uzgur li jkollu jibni child centers tal pn..illum il mara BIL FORS trid tohrog tahdem u mhux jhekk trid . anke dawk li ma ghandhomx carriera ..xorta jkollhom jahdmu ghal mizerja biex ihalsu erba ti kmamar kollha dejn...x diferenza mit terraced houses li kellna taht mintoff ghal ftit flus u bla kwazi dejn ta xejn
Andrew John Mercieca
Nov 29th 2012, 05:44
Terraced houses taht mintoff qalilna mr. Borg. Dazgur imma ghall mintoffjani biss. Ara ahna li ahna ta fehma diversa , bilkemm gazetta diversa ma stajna nixtru ahseb u ara ngawdu mit terraced hse. Ma ninsew qatt il bidla li l pn gab tant li tista tikkritika bil miftuh minghajr biza.
Jennifer Borg
Nov 28th 2012, 19:55
Gvern li ghandu l-familja tassew ghal qalbu....u bil-provi!
j brincat
Nov 28th 2012, 19:54
Bdiet gejja c-cejca ta' kull budget tal-PN KULL qabel elezzjoni. Budget li MHUX ha jghaddi.
Wara swat bit-taxxi!
Pajjiz tal-Miceky Mouse!
(jb)
Nicola Magro
Nov 28th 2012, 20:01
igifieri incentiva tajba?
Karl Mifsud
Nov 28th 2012, 20:02
Gvern li jgib ir-rizultati. Dawn huma l-fatti!!
Marina Falzon
Nov 28th 2012, 19:52
This is very good decision. Well done Tonio Fenech!
Margaret Formosa
Nov 28th 2012, 19:52
Aktar incentivi ghal familji. Dan huwa l-gvern li vera jahseb fl-interessi tal-familji.
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