Social welfare recipients in Ireland are in for a cash boost after the government announced new cost of living measures earlier this week.
A €200 lump sum will be paid to all long-term recipients of a list of eligible payments very soon.
This has been announced as part of the €410m social protection package introduced by the Government in a bid to curb the worst effects of the rising cost of living.
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It is understood that the groups who received the Christmas bonus will be in line for this latest support sum.
Included in the list of eligible payments are those on Jobseekers payments or Illness Benefit for over 12 months as well as people in receipt of Working Family Payment.
The full list of groups are:
- 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 and Carer's Benefit (including half-rate Carer's Allowance)
- Community Employment
- Deserted Wife's Allowance and 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
- Jobseeker's Allowance for 12 months (312 days)
- Jobseeker's Transitional payment
- Magdalene Laundry Payment
- One-Parent Family Payment
- Partial Capacity Benefit
- Rural Social Scheme
- State Pension (Contributory) and (Non-Contributory)
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance for 12 months
- Tús
- Widow, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's Pension (Contributory) and (Non-Contributory)
In June, parents in Ireland will also receive a small boost of €100 per child - as long as the parents or guardians are receiving the Child Benefit payment.
There will also be a €100 additional payment for each child as part of the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance this year.
The government has also confirmed that the original €200 lump sum will be paid per person, rather than per eligible payment - so each person will only be entitled to one support payment.
At this point, it is understood that the once-off payment will be given out some time in the month of April.
Working Family Payment recipients who are yet to receive their first payment can expect this in April as well.
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