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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This article is a year old. Find out about the 2021 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 and long term welfare recipients. (Note: The Christmas bonus should not be confused with the annual “double […]
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Welfare and Pension Increases in Budget 2018 State Pensions will be increased by €5 a week in the week beginning 26th March 2018. There will be proportional increases for dependant adults and those on reduced rates. ( This is estimated to cost €116 million in 2018 ). The top rate of contributory state pension (over […]
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