The closure of businesses, because of Covid-19 , affected thousands of workers in Ireland. To help people who had lost income, the government introduced the Pandemic Unemployment Payment. It has become known as the PUP PUP was closed to new applicants in July 2021, but was reopened for a limited time to from Tuesday, 7 […]
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We have discovered that there will be some increases to some Social Welfare payments as a result of the Covid-19 crisis Adult dependant increases The weekly rate for an adult dependant is being temporarily increased from €134.70 to €147 for 12 weeks for the following payments: Jobseeker’s Benefit Jobseeker’s Allowance Illness Benefit That is an […]
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This article is about Chrismas 2014 payments. Go Here For details of Christmas 2015 Welfare Payments The revised Christmas Bonus (just 25%) is expected to be paid in week commencing December 1st – see more about the Christmas Bonus Here. Social Welfare Payment Arrangements Christmas 2014 Signing will be suspended in the 4-week period from […]
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Budget 2014 changes to Jobseekers Allowance for under 26 year olds: Currently any claimant aged 18 to 21 gets €100 a week and those aged 22 to 24 get €144 . The full rate of €188 a week is paid to those aged 25 or more. The Budget 2014 changes will mean that from January […]
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Jobseekers and Budget 2012 : Although the basic standard rate of Jobseekers Benefit was untouched in the Budget – the government are still going to be reducing total payments by about €87 Million a year as a result of some new rule changes. Currently – if a person is working part time – say 2 […]
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