The first batch of bonus social welfare payments announced by the Government in Budget 2024 are due this month.
The payments are part of a €1.2 billion package aimed at assisting pensioners, carers, people with disabilities and families amid the cost of living crisis.
Weekly social welfare payments are due to rise by €12 a week in January and bonus double payments for all core welfare payments are due in December and the New Year. Before then, a number of social welfare payments will receive once-off lump sums.
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Here is the full list of bonus social welfare payments due in November:
- November 20 - a €400 lump sum Working Family Payment will be paid during this week
- November 20 - a €300 Fuel Allowance lump sum payment will be paid during this week
- November 20 - a €400 Disability Support Grant will be paid to people with disabilities during this week
- November 27 - a €400 Carer’s Support Grant will be provided to the country’s carers during this week (a person who qualifies for both the Disability and the Carer’s Support Grant will receive one bonus payment of €400)
- November 27 - there will be a €200 lump sum payment to people in receipt of the Living Alone Allowance during this week
- November 27 - there will be a €100 cost of living lump sum payment per child for people receiving an Increase for a Qualified Child on their social welfare payment during this week
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