Explainer: What are the lump sums and cost of living benefits cope with surging prices
By Conor Ganly
Published 11th Oct 2022, 20:33 GMT
Government approved cost of living and lump sum payments and timeframes to help people in Laois cope with soaring prices include the following:
- A doubling of Child Benefit on November 1st, which will support 639,000 families in respect of 1.2 million children.
- An Autumn Double Payment next week, benefitting 1.4 million people.
- €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 14th 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.
- €500 Carer’s Support Grant will be provided to the country’s carers during the week commencing November 21st.
- Christmas Bonus Double Payment will be paid on the week commencing December 5th.
The payment dates for each of the Lump Sum Supports are outlined below:
- Autumn Cost of Living Double Payment Payment date week commencing October 17
- Double Child Benefit Payment payment date November 1
- Fuel Allowance Lump Sum of €400 week commencing November 14
- €200 payment to people in receipt of Living Alone Allowance week commencing November 14
- €500 Cost of Living Payment to those in receipt of Working Family Payment week commencing November 14
- €500 Disability Support Grant to people receiving Disability Allowance, Blind Pension and Invalidity Pension week commencing November 14
- €500 Carer's Support Grant week commencing November 21
The payment dates for the €1.2billion cost-of-living supports introduced as part of Budget 2023 were revealed by the Department of Social Protection.