Social welfare Ireland: Full list of people eligible for cost of living bonuses paid within days

A number of cost of living bonuses will be paid out within days, as announced in Budget 2025.

As part of the government's budget cost of living package, lump sums of up to €400 will be paid to hundreds of thousands of people in the coming weeks.

The first round of a number of lump sums will be paid out from the 4th of November.

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Here's everything you need to know about the full list of lump sums.

The Lump-Sum payments announced as part of the Budget include:

• A doubling of Child Benefit in both November and December , which will support 678,000 families in respect of over 1.2 million children.
• A €400 Disability Support Payment will be paid next month to people with disabilities.
• Also secured as part of the Budget was a €300 Fuel Allowance Lump Sum Payment . This will be paid on the week commencing 4th November to over 387,000 households.
• During the same week, a €400 lump sum Working Family Payment will be paid to 46,000 households.
• There will also be a €200 lump sum payment to the almost 254,000 people in receipt of the Living Alone Allowance in November.
• There will be a €100 child support payment - formerly known as ‘Qualified Child’ - on the week commencing 25th November. That will support 340,000 children.
• A €400 Carer’s Support Payment will be provided to the country’s carers during the week commencing 11th November.

Before the lump sums are paid, there is also an October bonus, where those in receipt of a number of social welfare payments will be paid double their weekly rate.

Qualifying recipients were expecting to start receiving their double payment from the week starting Monday, 28 October, however, this won’t be the case anymore.

It was confirmed that due to the Bank Holiday, people will receive their cash boost earlier.

The Department of Social Protection issued a statement updating the payment timeline for the October bonus.

They said: “Monday October 28 is a Bank Holiday and as a result, any Social Welfare payments due to be in your account on Monday 28 October will now be paid on Friday 25 October instead. Payments will be paid as normal on Tuesday 29 October.”

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