Pensions

Over the Easter holidays there are usually some changes to welfare benefit and state pension payment arrangements. Now that all weekly welfare payments have moved to fortnightly - only half the payments will be affected by Easter closures ...
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Thousands of elderly people and those with bad health collect pensions or benefit payments from post offices. Because of the current coronavirus issues - it is advised to avoid busy places. Welfare have changed ALL payment to fortnightly ...
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In the first week of December 2019 the Christmas Bonus was paid to pensioners and long term welfare claimants . In the week beginning 16th December - there was a double payment for all weekly paid recipients - ...
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Welfare and Pension Increases in Budget 2019 (October 2018) For information about the October 2019 Budget  see Budget 2020 Details Social Welfare Benefits : All weekly rates of working age benefits are also due to increase by €5 ...
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This article is a year old. Read about the Christmas 2019 Payment Arrangements here Welfare and Pensions Payment Arrangements  for Christmas 2018 - including Child Benefit.  All of the Department of Social Protection's offices will be closed on ...
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This article is a year old. Find out about the 2019 Christmas Bonus Payments Here As confirmed in Budget 2019  - A Christmas Bonus of 100% will be paid in the first week of December 2018 to pensioners ...
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