£3 a week general increase from June.
£6 a week increase for pensioners on the maximum rate, £3 for an adult dependant.
Child Benefit to rise by £3 a month for each of the first two children and by £4 a month for each subsequent child from next September.
Eligibility for Carer's Allowance to be extended to an extra 3,300 people, most of them caring for children or adults under 66.
Carers to get free telephone rental and £200 to pay for a break.
About 5,000 pensioners who lost out because they did not apply for pensions at 66 to be paid arrears due, ranging from £30 to £8,500.
About 8,000 self-employed people, now aged 66 or over, who have at least five years' PRSI contributions since 1988, to qualify for half a contributory old age pension.
Family Income Supplement thresholds to be increased by £8 a week, resulting in increased payments of up to £4.80.
An extra £700,000 for marriage, child and bereavement counselling and for the Family Mediation Service.
An extra £1.03 million to provide grant aid for an additional 20 family resource centres.