Thousands of Irish households under pressure due to the cost of living crisis are set to receive a Christmas Bonus payment next week.
Those on social welfare will receive the payment from December 5 on top of once-off payments made to most recipients in recent weeks after being announced in the budget.
From next Monday, thousands of social welfare recipients will get the bonus, which is effectively a double weekly payment, just in time for the Christmas season when families and older people are struggling.
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Many people will have already received a number of social welfare lump sums over recent weeks, including a universal €200 energy bills compensation payment.
In a matter of days, this year’s 100% Christmas Bonus will be paid to anyone who has been receiving a qualifying social welfare payment - for the past 12 months at least, in some cases.
The government has confirmed that in the week beginning December 5, the payment will be sent out - but only be paid if your existing payment is €20 or more.
You will receive the bonus if you are getting any of the following:
- Back to Education Allowance
- Back to Work Enterprise Allowance
- Back to Work Family Dividend
- Benefit Payment for 65-year-olds
- Blind Pension
- Carer’s Allowance
- Carer’s Benefit
- Community Employment Scheme
- Daily Expenses Allowance
- Death Benefit Scheme
- Deserted Wife’s Benefit and Allowance
- Disability Allowance
- Disablement Benefit
- Domiciliary Care Allowance
- Farm Assist
- Guardian’s Payments (Contributory and Non-contributory)
- Invalidity Pension
- Jobseeker’s Allowance
- Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment
- Magdalene Commission Scheme
- One-Parent Family Payment
- Partial Capacity Benefit
- Rural Social Scheme
- State Pensions (Contributory and Non-contributory)
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance
- Tús
- Widow’s/Widower’s/Surviving Civil Partner’s Pensions (Contributory and Non-contributory)
Those who are eligible for the cash boost will not have to apply, or take any action at all. The bonus will be paid along with your usual social welfare payment the week starting 5 December 2022.
The Government has also confirmed details on Social Welfare payments schedules over Christmas and the new year which can be found here.
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