Cost of living: Exact dates for two €280 double Child Benefit payments confirmed

The two double Child Benefit payments of €280 were announced in the budget this week - a payment date for both payments has been now confirmed and it's within weeks

Dates have been confirmed for the two double Child Benefit payments and they are coming very soon.

The government announced two double Child Benefit payments of €280 per child as part of Budget 2025's cost of living package.

These will be paid to parents within weeks.

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The first one will be paid in November on the usual Child Benefit date, which is the first Tuesday of the month. This will be the 5th of November.

The second double payment will be applied to December Child Benefit, which is due to be paid on the 3rd of December.

It comes as a date has also been confirmed for the new €420 baby boost grant announced in the budget. The new grant will be paid for parents as their first Child Benefit payment.

The Minister for Social Protection has said that the first payment will be made in January, but parents of babies born in December of this year will still receive it.

Heather Humphreys told the Dáil that she was contacted by many women since the budget announcement whose babies are due to arrive in December.

Ms Humphreys said they were worried their babies would arrive too late for the double child benefit payment that month but too early for the newborn grant which will be paid from January.

"As a mother, I do not want to see any woman miss out," she said. "I am pleased to confirm to the House tonight that babies born in December will be eligible to receive the newborn grant when their mother receives their first Child Benefit payment in January.

"So my message to those families is – don’t worry, the Christmas babies will be looked after."

The mothers of babies born in December will now be eligible to receive the €420 grant when they receive their first child benefit payment in January. The Budget had previously indicated that the grant would be paid to every baby born from just after midnight on January 1, 2025.

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