Payment dates for Budget 2024 announced

The Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys TD, has today announced the payment dates for the €1.2 billion Cost of Living supports introduced as part of Budget 2024.

A total of nine lump sum payments will be paid between November 2023 and January 2024.

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

• On the week commencing November 20^th, a €400 lump sum Working Family Payment will be paid to 46,000 families.
• During the same week, a €300 Fuel Allowance Lump Sum Payment will be paid to 409,000 households.
• Also in the week commencing November 20^th, a €400 Disability Support Grant will be paid to people with disabilities.
• On the week commencing November 27^th, a €400 Carer’s Support Grant will be provided to the country’s carers (a person who qualifies for both the Disability and the Carer’s Support Grant will receive one bonus payment of €400).
• During the same week, there will be a €200 lump sum payment to the 237,000 people in receipt of the Living Alone Allowance.
• There will also be a €100 cost of living lump sum payment per child for people receiving an Increase for a Qualified Child on their social welfare payment.
• A Christmas Bonus Double Payment will be paid in the week commencing December 4^th to over 1.3 million people.
• A doubling of Child Benefit on December 5^th, which will support 650,000 families in respect of 2 million children.
• A January Double Payment will be paid in the week commencing 29^th January 2024, benefitting over 3 million people.

Announcing the details today, Minister Humphreys said; "I know a lot of people are genuinely struggling to make ends meets at the moment. In order to ease the pressure and stress that many households are facing, I am bringing forward this series of nine lump sum payments to support people.

“These payments, totalling over €1.2 Billion, will support our pensioners, carers, people with disabilities and families over the coming months. The payment schedule I am announcing today is designed to give people certainty and some peace of mind so they know exactly when these supports will be made to them."

A full list of Budget 2024 Social Protection measures is available at www.Gov.ie/DSPBudget24.