The Christmas bonus will be paid in the week of December 2, while the first double payment for retirees, carers, job seekers, and those with disabilities will be given on the week of October 28, reports RTE.
The payment dates for the cost-of-living subsidies mentioned in the Budget have been verified by Heather Humphreys, Minister of Social Protection.
The Cabinet was shown the Finance Bill and the Social Welfare Bill, which, if approved by the Oireachtas in the upcoming weeks, will implement the Budget’s policies.
Some payment dates have now been set, but it is unclear when the laws will be passed into law and whether they will be hastened to allow for an election, reports RTE.
On November 5 and December 3, there will be two double child benefit payments.
On the week commencing 4 November, four payments will be given, including the €400 Working Family Payment, the €400 Disability Support Grant and the €300 lump amount for households in receipt of the fuel allowance.
Starting on November 11th, a lump sum payment of €400 will be given to caretakers, while widows, widowers, and other single-person families will get a €200 Living Alone Allowance.
The week of November 25 is when the €100 lump sum payment for recipients of the Child Support Grant is scheduled to be made, reports RTE.
The Dáil was informed by Taoiseach Simon Harris that the removal of the means test for carers’ allowance might come at a cost of up to €2 billion annually.
Mary Lou McDonald, the leader of Sinn Féin, put pressure on him to abandon the means test.
According to her, caretakers performed incredible effort, even if it was labour done with love. In addition, she demanded that January be the start of the threshold hikes rather than July.
A working committee was looking into the means test for the carers’ payment, according to Mr. Harris. To eliminate it, he noted, might cost anything from €600 million to €2 billion annually, reports RTE.
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