REVEALED: When exactly the next double social welfare bonus will be paid
Those in receipt of Social Welfare and other allowances will receive a double cost of living payment next week
Thousands of people across the country will be getting a double social welfare payment at the end of this month as the last cost of living bonus as part of Budget 2024 is set to be applied.
The payment is due to start being paid out during next week, starting on Monday, January 29.
Christmas bonuses were given out in December with other payments made to carers, fuel allowance and child benefit recipients over the last few months.
The range of measures were announced as part of Budget 2024 which saw a record allocation to the Department of Social Protection of €2.3bn.
The maximum rate of all weekly social welfare payments increased by €12 with proportional increases for qualified adults and people on reduced rates of payment (January 2024).
The weekly rate for a qualified child will increase by €4. It will increase from €42 to €46, for children under 12 years of age. It will increase from €50 to €54 for children aged 12 years and over (January 2024).
In the coming week or so, people will see double the amount of cash that they'd typically get each week arrive in their accounts on the same day that they'd normally get paid.
Those in receipt of the following payments will benefit from the increase:
Back to Work Family Dividend
Benefit payment for 65 year olds
Blind Pension
Carer's Allowance and Carer's Benefit (including half-rate Carer's Allowance)
Community Employment
Deserted Wife's Allowance and Deserted Wife's Benefit
Daily Expenses Allowance, formerly called Direct Provision Allowance for 12 months
Disability Allowance
Disablement Benefit
Domiciliary Care Allowance
Farm Assist
Guardian's Payment (Contributory) and (Non-Contributory)
Illness Benefit for 12 months or more
Invalidity Pension
Job Initiative Scheme
Jobseeker's Allowance for 12 months (312 days or more)
Jobseeker's Transitional payment
Magdalene Commission Scheme
Death Benefit Scheme (under the Occupational Injuries Scheme)
One-Parent Family Payment
Partial Capacity Benefit
Rural Social Scheme
State Pension (Contributory) and State Pension (Non-Contributory)
Supplementary Welfare Allowance for 12 months (312 days or more)
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Widow, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's Pension (Contributory) and (Non-Contributory)
Work Placement Experience Programme