Christmas Bonus Double Payment To Issue This week.

Christmas Bonus double payment to issue this week.

This year (2022), the annual Christmas Bonus will be 100% of a persons normal weekly payment. The Christmas Bonus will not include Fuel Allowance.

If you were getting 2 eligible social welfare payments (for example, a One-Parent Family Payment and the Domiciliary Care Allowance or a half-rate Carer’s Allowance as well as your primary payment) you get the Christmas Bonus for both payments.

For Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA), which is paid monthly, the bonus is 100% of the weekly DCA rate. The DCA portion of the bonus is calculated independently of other payments. So, for example, if you are getting full-rate DCA for one child, 100% of the weekly rate is €71.20.

A Christmas Bonus is paid to people getting long-term social welfare payments. You will be paid a Christmas Bonus, if you are getting:

• Back to Education Allowance – people coming from jobseeker’s payments need to be getting the Allowance for at least 12 months (312 days), but you may be able to use your time on your jobseeker’s payment to help you qualify.
• Back to Work Enterprise Allowance – people coming from jobseeker’s payments need to be getting the Allowance for at least 12 months (312 days), but you may be able to use time on jobseeker’s payment to help you qualify.
• Back to Work Family Dividend.
• Benefit payment for 65 year olds.
• Blind Pension.
• Carer’s Allowance and Carer’s Benefit (including half-rate Carer’s Allowance).
• Community Employment.
• Deserted Wife’s Allowance and Benefit.
• Daily Expenses Allowance, formerly called Direct Provision Allowance for 12 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.
• Guardian’s Payment (Contributory) and (Non-Contributory).
• Illness Benefit for 12 months or more.
• Invalidity Pension.
• Jobseeker’s Allowance for 12 months (312 days).
• Jobseeker’s Transitional payment.
• Magdalene Laundry Payment.
• One-Parent Family Payment.
• Partial Capacity Benefit.
• Rural Social Scheme.
• State Pension (Contributory) and (Non-Contributory).
• Supplementary Welfare Allowance for 12 months.
• Tús.
• VTOS Allowance for people coming from jobseeker’s payments. You must be getting VTOS for at least 12 months (312 days), but you may be able to use time on your jobseeker’s payment to help you qualify.
• Widow, Widower’s or Surviving Civil Partner’s Pension (Contributory) and (Non-Contributory).