Over 600,000 families across the country received a double Child Benefit payment worth €280 per child on Tuesday, Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys confirmed.
This measure means that instead of a payment of €140 for each of the 1.2 million children across the State today, parents received €280 per child under the age of 16.
The cost of living crisis has left many people trying to make their cash go further each month, so the government has a number of other cash boosts lined up for the rest of 2022.
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Anyone in receipt of the Fuel Allowance, Family Payment, Disability Allowance, invalidity Pension, or Blind Pension will be in for a cash lump sum over the next few weeks.
This will be followed by the annual Christmas bonus and an increase in payment for students on the SUSI grant in December.
The full list of social welfare payments due next month are:
- €400 Fuel Allowance lump sum. This will benefit 371,000 people - November 14
- Working Family Payment recipients to receive a €500 lump sum - November 14
- €200 Living Alone Allowance. This will benefit 234,000 people - November 14
- €500 lump sum for those in receipt of: Disability Allowance; Invalidity Pension; Blind Pension - November 14
- €500 lump sum payment for those in receipt of Carer's Support Grant - November 21
Then in December, households in Ireland can expect more assistance from the government in the form of:
- Double Christmas Bonus: This will benefit the same 1.4 million people expected to benefit from the Autumn Double Payment - December 5
- Additional payment for those on SUSI grant - December 16
In order to check if you are eligible for any of the above, click here.
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