The dates for the payments associated with the cost of living measures approved by the Budget have been announced.
A doubling of Child Benefit will be paid November 1, which will support 639,000 families in respect of 1.2 million children.
An Autumn Double Payment will be administered next week, benefitting 1.4 million people including carers and pensioners.
A €500 Disability Support Grant will be paid next month to people with disabilities.
Also secured as part of the Budget was a €400 Fuel Allowance Lump Sum Payment. This will be paid on the week commencing November 14 to 370,000 households.
During the same week, a €500 lump sum Working Family Payment will be paid to 44,000 households.
There will also be a €200 lump sum payment to the 234,000 people in receipt of the Living Alone Allowance.
·A €500 Carer’s Support Grant will be provided to the country’s carers during the week commencing November 21.
A Christmas Bonus Double Payment will be paid on the week commencing December 5.
Laois TD Sean Fleming welcomed the news. He said: “We have a well-developed and effective social protection system in Ireland and we are using that system now to get money into people’s pockets in the weeks ahead.
“I am pleased that we are today able to confirm the payment details.
“This payment schedule is designed to give people certainty and some peace of mind so they know exactly when these additional payments will be made to them.
“Budget 2023 represents the largest social protection budget package in the history of the State.
“The blend of lump-sum payments to support people over the winter months together with the largest increases in weekly rates for decades is designed to help our citizens through the current cost of living challenges we are facing.”
DATES
October 17
Autumn Cost of Living Double Payment
November 1
Double Child Benefit Payment
November 14
- Fuel Allowance Lump Sum of €400
- €200 payment to people in receipt of Living Alone Allowance
- €500 Cost of Living Payment to those in receipt of Working Family Payment
- €500 Disability Support Grant to people receiving Disability Allowance, Blind Pension and Invalidity Pension
- €500 Carer’s Support Grant
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