Co Monaghan Presbyterian was handed ministerial portfolio in her first term by Enda Kenny and rose to party deputy leadership
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Humphreys recovered from this, however, and was widely praised for her handling of the Decade of Centenaries including the commemoration of the 1916 Rising.in 2017 and spoke out during the Brexit process on her experience of the hard border with Northern Ireland in place during her youth and why it should not return.
She oversaw the phasing out of such supports as the pandemic receded and more recently was at the heart of giveaway budgets that saw across-the-board welfare increases and cost-of-living payments such as the two double child-benefit payments announced earlier this month. In her statement confirming she will not contest the general election she thanked her family “for their patience and support”.
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