Children’s Allowance or Child Benefit in Ireland is currently €140 per month for each child.
Child Benefit is paid out on the first Tuesday of every month.
The annual amount of Child Benefit per child is €1680.
Note :- Since May 1st 2024 Child Benefit is now paid for children aged 18 and in full-time education, or who have a disability, up until their 19th birthday.
Early Payment of Child Benefit after Bank Holidays
When the Monday before the children’s allowance payment day is a Bank Holiday – the Child Benefit is sometimes paid early into some bank accounts. (It is often paid on the Saturday or Friday before.) But this is not always guaranteed.
See a List of Bank Holidays in Ireland
Child Benefit Payment Dates 2025
- Tuesday 7th January 2025
- Tuesday 4h February 2025
- Tuesday 4th March 2025
- Tuesday 1st April 2025
- Tuesday 6th May 2025. This is after a Bank Holiday – so it could arrive on the previous Friday)
- Tuesday 3rd June 2025. This is after a Bank Holiday – so it could arrive on the previous Friday)
- Tuesday 1st July 2025
- Tuesday 5th August 2025- This is after a Bank Holiday – so it could arrive on the previous Friday)
- Tuesday 2nd September 2025
- Tuesday 7th October 2025
- Tuesday, November 4th 2025
- Tuesday, December 2nd 2025
- Tuesday January 6th 2026
Budgeting Tips
It can be helpful to see at a glance what date the first Tuesday of the month falls . For some families, a 5-week wait between payments can significantly affect their budgeting for that month. It’s always best to be prepared.
When the first Tuesday of a month falls on the 6th or 7th, as it does in January and October 2025- this results in a five-week gap between the child allowance payments.
A useful tip is to work out the weekly amount of child benefit and try only to spend that amount each week.
Tip – to work out the weekly amount, don’t just divide the monthly amount by 4 .
The correct way to convert a monthly payment to a weekly amount is to multiply it by 12 and then divide by 52.
The exact WEEKLY amount of Children’s Allowance per child is :-
- 1 child = €32.30
- 2 children = €64.60
- 3 children = €96.90
- 4 children = €129.20
If you can manage to spend only this amount of the Children’s Allowance per child each week, you hopefully won’t suddenly be short when the payment date is the 6th or 7th of the month.
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