Social welfare Ireland: 32 groups receiving Budget 2025 double bonus early

There are certain groups of social welfare recipients that have been told that they are receiving their Budget 2025 double bonus early.

As the October Bank Holiday nears, payment dates have been changed, so people are being reminded that they won’t get paid on the previously confirmed date of 28 October and instead will be paid on Friday. 25 October.

This includes the October double payment, which is for people getting a long-term social welfare weekly payment.

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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.”

The double week payment will be given to people getting a long-term social welfare weekly payment.

This will be in addition to the Christmas Bonus, but the bonus will be given to the same people.

You are paid a Christmas Bonus and the October bonus if you are getting:

• Back to Education Allowance
• Back to Work Enterprise Allowance
• Back to Work Family Dividend
• Blind Pension
• Carer's Allowance
• Carer's Benefit
• Community Employment
• Daily Expenses Allowance (long term)
• Deserted Wife's Allowance
• Deserted Wife's Benefit
• Disability Allowance
• Disablement Benefit
• Domiciliary Care Allowance
• Farm Assist
• Guardian's Payment
• Illness Benefit (long -term)
• Invalidity Pension
• Job Initiative Scheme
• Jobseeker's Allowance (long term)
• Jobseeker's Transitional Payment
• Magdalen Commission Scheme
• Death Benefit Scheme (under the Occupational Injuries Scheme)
• One-Parent Family Payment
• Partial Capacity Benefit
• Rural Social Scheme
• State Pension (Contributory)
• State Pension (Non-contributory)
• Supplementary Welfare Allowance (long-term)
• Tús (community work placement initiative)
• Widow’s, Widower’s or Surviving Civil Partner’s (Contributory) Pension
• Widow’s, Widower’s or Surviving Civil Partner’s (Non-contributory) Pension
• Work Placement Experience Programme

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