The Winter Fuel Allowance payment to help with the cost of heating homes will finish next month.
Recipients of the helpful payment will lose out on the €33 per week.
The last date for this payment run is April 10, 2023.
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This year’s Fuel Allowance season started on Monday, September 26, 2022, RSVP reports.
Recipients can choose to get the Fuel Allowance paid every week or paid in two lump sum instalments.
Last December, the Fuel Allowance scheme opened for new applicants after Social Protection Minister, Heather Humphreys, made updates to the payment and changed the income limits.
The move meant more than 80,000 additional households would be considered eligible for the scheme for the first time, and was the largest-ever expansion of the Fuel Allowance scheme
Currently, over 370,000 households receive the Fuel Allowance payment and if you qualify, it is paid with your social welfare payment on the same day.
How to qualify for Fuel Allowance
To get Fuel Allowance you must be living alone (or with certain people listed below), living in Ireland and getting one of the following qualifying payments:
Qualifying social insurance payments
State Pension (Contributory)
Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Contributory) Pension
Incapacity Supplement under the Occupational Injuries Benefit scheme
Invalidity Pension
Guardian's Payment (Contributory)
Death Benefit under the Occupational Injuries Scheme
A pension or benefit from a country covered by EU Regulations or a country with which Ireland has a bilateral social security agreement (provided there is an equivalent Irish payment)
Qualifying social assistance payments
State Pension (Non-Contributory)
Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Non-Contributory) Pension
Disability Allowance
Blind Pension
Deserted Wife's Benefit or Allowance
One-Parent Family Payment (OFP)
Guardian's Payment (Non-Contributory)
Farm Assist
Basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance for more than a year
Jobseeker's Allowance for more than 312 days
Jobseeker's Transitional payment (JST)
If you are taking part in certain schemes - Back to Work Allowance, Back to Work Enterprise Allowance (BTWEA), Rural Social Scheme, Tús or Community Employment - and are entitled to keep your secondary benefits, you must live alone or only with:
A dependent spouse, civil partner or cohabitant and/or dependent children
A person who is getting Carer's Allowance or Carer's Benefit and is caring for you or for your dependent spouse, partner or cohabitant on a full-time basis
A person getting short-term Jobseeker's Allowance or basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance
Other people who are getting the qualifying payments and who would also be eligible for a Fuel Allowance in their own right
For more information, or to apply for the scheme, head over to MyWelfare.ie.
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