The Christmas season is almost in full swing, and tills will be ringing merrily for the next few weeks.
Welfare recipients will receive their Christmas bonus during the week of December 2.
You will get the Christmas bonus if you’re receiving one of the payments below:
Back to Education Allowance (people coming from jobseeker’s payments must have been on their payment and/or BTEA for 15 months)
Back to Work Enterprise Allowance
Back to Work Family Dividend
Basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance (long-term only – 15 months/over 455 days)
Blind Pension
Carer’s Allowance and Benefit (including half-rate Carer’s Allowance)
Community Employment
Deserted Wife’s Allowance and Benefit
Daily Expenses Allowance, formerly called Direct Provision Allowance (long-term only – 15 months)
Disability Allowance
Disablement Pension and Widow’s, Widower’s or Surviving Civil Partner’s Pension under the Occupational Injuries Scheme
Domiciliary Care Allowance
Farm Assist
Gateway
Guardian’s Payment (Contributory) and (Non-Contributory)
Invalidity Pension
Job Initiative
Jobseeker’s Allowance (long-term only – 15 months/over 390 days of unemployment)
Jobseeker’s Transitional payment
Magdalene Laundry Payment
One-Parent Family Payment
Partial Capacity Benefit
Rural Social Scheme
State Pension (Contributory) and (Non-Contributory)
Tús
VTOS (people coming from jobseeker’s payments must have been on their payment and/or VTOS for 15 months), and
Widow, Widower’s or Surviving Civil Partner’s Pension (Contributory) and (Non-Contributory)