Dublin has the highest number of newborn babies with 13,127 grants paid up to December 9th this year. Photograph: Catherine Delahaye/ Getty ImagesAlmost 48,000 children have benefited from the newborn baby grant in the first year since it was introduced in Ireland. It pays €280 per child, and for twins the grant is €560 in addition to their regular first month’s child benefit payment of €140. Dublin has the highest number of newborn babies with 13,127 grants paid up to December 9th this year, while Leitrim had the lowest with 292 newborn baby grants paid in the county. The newborn baby grant is paid automatically with the first child benefit payment, “there is no additional application for the grant so new parents don’t have to do anything extra to receive it,” he said.

Source: The Irish Times December 21, 2025 14:06 UTC