Double Christmas Payment

boardsie08

Does anyone know if the double social welfare payments are still going ahead this year what with the new budget and all?

Also, does anyone know what will happen with rental allowance payments?

IICR rental allowances are paid on a Thursday (or so I'm told) so this year Christmas Day falls on a Thursday, obviously people cannot collect their rental allowance on Christmas day - so do they get a double payment the week before to overcome this, as in on Thurs Dec 18th? Or how does it work?

Thanks for any info!

Gael23

Double payment is going ahead but i dont know anything about rent allowance.

ronbyrne2005

is it an extra payment or do people get a double payment early in December and one payment less later in December?

seanybiker

ronbyrne2005 wrote: »

is it an extra payment or do people get a double payment early in December and one payment less later in December?

Its an actual double payment. kinda like a bonus I suppose

TheDude2008

yay i ant wait for my bonus

amacachi

Does everyone on JA get the bonus?

snubbleste

amacachi wrote: »

Does everyone on JA get the bonus?

No.

Sephiroth_dude

snubbleste wrote: »

No.

why not?

snubbleste

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

why not?

You should ask the Dept. of Social Welfare

The rules are that those on JA are only entitled to the christmas bonus if they are long-term unemployed which is for 390 days or more

jos22

snubbleste wrote: »

You should ask the Dept. of Social Welfare

The rules are that those on JA are only entitled to the christmas bonus if they are long-term unemployed which is for 390 days or more

"
Examples of Christmas bonus payments
Some typical weekly social welfare rates (maximum) include:

• State Pension (Contributory) (€223.30);
• tate Pension (Non-Contributory) (€212.00);
• One Parent Family Payment (€197.80);
• Jobseeker's Allowance (long-term) (€197.80).

Examples of how claimants getting the maximum rate of payment will benefit from the Bonus are as follows:

• a couple with three children on long-term Jobseeker's Allowance will receive €802.20, which includes a bonus of €401.10.
• a person getting the One Parent Family Payment with two dependent children will receive €491.60, including a bonus of €245.80.
• a person getting the State Pension (Contributory) living alone will receive €462.00 which includes a bonus of €231.00

(All rates are calculated on maximum rates.)


"


some more information about this issue is available here

http://www.welfare.ie/press/pr08/pr271008.html

doll2824

yes it is.1st week in dec i think and rent allowance is going up.instead of us paying the standard 13e a week,we will now hove to pay 16e a week from jan 2009 :mad:

mikemac

doll2824 wrote: »

yes it is.1st week in dec i think and rent allowance is going up.instead of us paying the standard 13e a week,we will now hove to pay 16e a week from jan 2009 :mad:

An extra 3 euro a week?
Wow, I can realy see why you are so angry!

doll2824

my rent is over 1400.why wouldnt i be.i get 1150 for ra

pandamoanium

doll2824 wrote: »

yes it is.1st week in dec i think and rent allowance is going up.instead of us paying the standard 13e a week,we will now hove to pay 16e a week from jan 2009 :mad:

Do you have a link to anywhere that says this? Haven't heard anything about it.

doll2824

nope,it was in the paper last wednesday.irish star i think it was.

snubbleste

instead of us paying the standard 13e a week,we will now hove to pay 16e a week from jan 2009

It's not going up by that much!
It's going up more - to €18 per week

www.budget.gov.ie

doll2824

thats true,but 20e extra a month can make a difference for some moms especially now nows.isnt it better to be in our pockets rather than someone elses.

Gael23

was today the day for double payment?

Ginger83

seanybiker wrote: »

Its an actual double payment. kinda like a bonus I suppose

Yea a bonus to help people get through the xmas financially. But it has to be said it sort of sums the government up, I know its great to get it but people working full weeks and more get sweet FA at xmas and those who do nothing get an extras weeks payment. I'm not targeting anyone I was very grateful to receive it myself

Orla K

When I was working I think I got that extra weeks wages, I know everybody else did but I had gone home sick that week. Also you don't have to be on longterm to get the bonus, I got it last year and at the time I wasn't on it long. I think it should be coming in tomorrow but I haven't gone near the back to find out if it is in early

Ginger83

I think you must be signing on for 9 months or so. I did hear before it was only available to long term applicants.

mikemac

Ginger83 wrote: »

I think you must be signing on for 9 months or so. I did hear before it was only available to long term applicants.

I've posted it many times but it's 390 days

Jesus Wept

seanybiker wrote: »

Its an actual double payment. kinda like a bonus I suppose

Ginger83 wrote: »

I think you must be signing on for 9 months or so. I did hear before it was only available to long term applicants.

For the christmas double payment??

I know someone who signed on weeks ago and has recieved it, though they were out of the country for 9 months +.

Not that they checked that they were.

DaveMR

micmclo wrote: »

I've posted it many times but it's 390 days

Just a point to note (from a frustrating personal experience) - Long term unemployed is 15 months NOT 390 days.
The 390 days are calculated EXCLUDING sundays
So just beware, you cannot claim after 390 calendar days!
Complicated or what. This minor detail but very relevant piece of information was nowhere to be found on Citizens advice website or welfare site (I have aske dthem both to change it)

mikemac

Realy? That's where I got the figure from

Thanks for the info

DaveMR

micmclo wrote: »

Realy? That's where I got the figure from

Thanks for the info

Yes. I sent a wee note of my frustration to them!
I think they have changed it now. Refences to 390 days have been changed to 15 months.
My query was initially about fuel allowance.

crazzzzy

the 15 month rule can't be right because I know people who only signed on since the summer & they got double payment.

i was on BTEA while in college & they changed it straight over to the dole when i finished in may yet i didnt get double payment.

is it just luck getting it or what???

Orla K

crazzzzy wrote: »

the 15 month rule can't be right because I know people who only signed on since the summer & they got double payment.

i was on BTEA while in college & they changed it straight over to the dole when i finished in may yet i didnt get double payment.

is it just luck getting it or what???

It's the difference between jobseekers allowence and jobseekers benifit. The people you know must have jobseekers allowance where as you have jobseekers benifit. If you didn't have to fill out loads of forms when getting the dole your on benifit not allowance.

discospark

Originally Posted by doll2824
yes it is.1st week in dec i think and rent allowance is going up.instead of us paying the standard 13e a week,we will now hove to pay 16e a week from jan 2009
I just got a letter in the post saying that it had gone up from 13euro to 18 euro and they'd be taking the five euro off the weekly payment from january 1st. This is in Cork, not sure if it's the same in Dublin?

lastlife

I’m on jobseekers allowance witch I collect from the post office every Tuesday (as we all do). I got a double week at the start of December as most of us would have but when I collected my money today (Tuesday the 16th of December) I got another double week.

I was told by the girl in the post office that she thinks it’s the last payment before Christmas that’s why it’s a double week and I wouldn’t get paid next week. She couldn’t tell me for certain if this was the case and no one else in the post office could tell me so I went to the social welfare office to ask them and of course it was closed. I tried ringing them but they told me I have to ask at the local office which is shut.

Does anyone know if it is the case that there will be no social welfare payments next week? If this is the case can anyone tell me when we will start to get paid again?

Thanks

Sephiroth_dude

You got two double wks :eek:? I did'nt even get one and I collect my every wednesday

lastlife

Just a quick reply to anyone who read my post yesterday about the double Christmas payment. I was on to the social welfare office this morning. I was told that anyone on jobseekers allowance will get two weeks pay this week and won’t get paid next week. We will start to get paid again on the 30th of December.

It doesn’t make any sense if you ask me. It would make more sense to get paid two weeks next week so we will have money over Christmas and then start to get paid again in the first week of January. But that’s just me.

I don’t know if this applies to everyone on the social so if you’re worried about your payment I’d advise getting on to your local social welfare office.

Sephiroth_dude

I got too wks today,now all I have to do is try and make it last which is gonna be hard :-/.

Gael23

Do I have this right, We are supposed to have gotten 2 double payments but we wont get payed next week, the 24th

banshee_bones

What are the requirements to apply for rent allowance?

Because I have heard lots of different things and i dont know what to believe.
heard i wont get it because im not in my current residence long enough
(2 and a half months) to be entitled and because my rent (€92.p.w) is too high?

Calebmcd

I'm on JS Benefit.

Received double pay today.

Does that mean no money till the 1st?

Don't i get a bonus?

dlambirl

I'm after asking my neighbour who on Jobseekers and gets €197 a week and she got a double week this week which she assumes is cos next thursday is xmas day and she wouldnt get paid otherwise...

She didnt get a bonus as such.....

Shifty

A bit of info on the Christmas bonus here:


http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/social-welfare/social-welfare-payments/christmas-bonus

Shifty

A bit of info on Rent Supplement here:

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/social-welfare/social-welfare-payments/supplementary-welfare-schemes/rent_supplement/?searchterm=rent%20allowance

wackojacko

Calebmcd wrote: »

I'm on JS Benefit.

Received double pay today.

Does that mean no money till the 1st?

Don't i get a bonus?

js benefit also

got double payment as well ,asked at post office about next week and was told double payment included next week.