Social welfare Ireland: Full list of 33 groups getting Christmas Bonus as payment date nears
There isn’t very long left before thousands of people are expected to receive their Christmas Bonus payment, with the confirmed list of all the qualifying groups confirmed
You also don’t need to apply for the Bonus
The payment date for the Christmas Bonus is right around the corner.
The Christmas Bonus is a once-off double week payment for people getting a long-term social welfare payment – and it’s worth 100% of your weekly scheme.
You also don’t need to apply for the Bonus – if you qualify, you’ll automatically get it.
The Christmas Bonus will be paid in December to people getting a qualifying social welfare payment and it’s normally paid with your social welfare payment.
One rule that seems to catch people out every year is that you need to be getting certain payments for a certain period of time.
On the Department of Social Welfare website, it says: “12 months duration on eligible social welfare payment or scheme is required in order to be eligible for Bonus.”
This applies to people getting the Back to Education Allowance, Daily Expenses Allowance, Illness Benefit and Jobseeker’s Allowance.
You also don’t need to apply for the Bonus
While the exact payment date for the Christmas Bonus hasn’t been confirmed yet, based on previous years, it’s expected to be paid to recipients on Monday, 1 December.
People who are getting the following payments will get the Christmas Bonus.
- Back to Education Allowance
- Back to Work Enterprise Allowance
- Back to Work Family Dividend
- Beneficiary of Temporary Protection Weekly Payment
- Blind Pension
- Carer’s Allowance
- Carer’s Benefit
- Community Employment
- Daily Expenses Allowance
- Deserted Wife’s Allowance
- Deserted Wife’s Benefit
- Disability Allowance
- Disablement Benefit
- Domiciliary Care Allowance
- Farm Assist
- Guardian’s Payment
- Illness Benefit
- Invalidity Pension
- Job Initiative Scheme
- Jobseeker’s Allowance
- 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)
- Bereaved Partner’s (Contributory) Pension
- Bereaved Partner’s (Non-Contributory) Pension
- Work Placement Experience Programme
You can find out more here.
