Many Laois people to get double social welfare payment in January

Thousands of Laois people are among the over 1.3 million social welfare recipients in Ireland in line to receive a double payment in January.

People who qualify for 32 different social welfare schemes will automatically receive an extra payment from the Department of Social Protection .

If you receive one of the following payments, you can look forward to the double payment in the new year:

• Back to Education Allowance – people coming from jobseeker’s payments need to be getting the allowance for at least 12 months (312 days), but you may be able to use your time on your jobseeker’s payment to help you qualify.
• Back to Work Enterprise Allowance – people coming from jobseeker’s payments need to be getting the allowance for at least 12 months (312 days), but you may be able to use time on jobseeker’s payment to help you qualify.
• Back to Work Family Dividend
• Benefit payment for 65 year olds
• Blind Pension
• Carer’s Allowance and Carer's Benefit (including half-rate Carer’s Allowance)
• Community Employment
• Deserted Wife's Allowance and Deserted Wife's Benefit
• Daily Expenses Allowance, formerly called Direct Provision Allowance for 12 months
• Disability Allowance
• Disablement Benefit
• Domiciliary Care Allowance
• Farm Assist
• Guardian's Payment (Contributory) and (Non-Contributory)
• Illness Benefit for 12 months or more
• Invalidity Pension
• Job Initiative Scheme
• Jobseeker's Allowance for 12 months (312 days or more)
• Jobseeker's Transitional payment
• Magdalene Commission Scheme
• Death Benefit Scheme (under the Occupational Injuries Scheme)
• One-Parent Family Payment
• Partial Capacity Benefit
• Rural Social Scheme
• State Pension (Contributory) and State Pension (Non-Contributory)
• Supplementary Welfare Allowance for 12 months (312 days or more)
• Tús
• Widow, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's Pension (Contributory) and (Non-Contributory)
• Work Placement Experience Programme
• Those receiving the Living Alone Increase, Island Allowance, or Over-80 Increase will also receive the extra payment.

The payments will be made in the week beginning January 29

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These measures were announced as part of Budget 2024 which marked a record allocation to the Department of Social Protection to the tune of €2.3bn.