Over the Easter holidays, there will be some changes to welfare benefit and state pension payment arrangements. These Welfare Payments Easter 2021 dates have been confirmed by Social Welfare. Post Offices will be open until 1pm on Good Friday 2nd April 2021Post Offices will be closed on Saturday 3rd April and Easter Monday 5th April […]
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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 to help reduce trips to ost Offices. More details on Fortnightly Payments here NEW: March 20th – […]
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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 – as explained below. All of the Department of Social Protection’s offices will be closed on Wednesday 25th […]
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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 a week in the week beginning 25th March 2019 . Jobseekeers Allowance was increased on 20th March […]
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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 Tuesday 25th December, Wednesday 26th December 2018 and Tuesday 1st January 2019. All the Banks in Ireland […]
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