Christmas Bonus Question

Christmas bonus

I'm hearing that the bonus will be payed out on the first week of December and seeing as the 1st of December will be this Tuesday coming will it be payed out then or the following week ?

eastbono

Christmas bonus is next week.

The Sidewards Man

God bless the rock and roll.

Sam Harts

Can the bonus be picked up tomorrow (November 30)? Or do we have to wait till Tuesday

Gatling

Sam Harts wrote: »

Can the bonus be picked up tomorrow (November 30)? Or do we have to wait till Tuesday

Likely Tuesday

crustyjuggler

How much is the bonus ?

Gatling

crustyjuggler wrote: »

How much is the bonus ?

Depending on circumstances 80% of your weekly payment if your entitled to it

harry Bailey esq

I went straight to disability from j/a in march.will I qualify?

biko

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/irish_social_welfare_system/christmas_bonus.html

In December 2015, the Christmas Bonus will be paid to people getting the following payments:

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 Allowance
Back to Work Enterprise Allowance
Back to Work Family Dividend
Basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance (long-term only - 15 months)
Blind Pension
Carer's Allowance and Benefit (including half-rate Carer's Allowance)
Community Employment
Deserted Wife's Allowance and Benefit
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
JobBridge (people coming from jobseeker's payments must have been on their payment and/or JobBridge for 15 months)
Jobseeker's Allowance (long-term only - 15 months (over 390 days of unemployment))
Jobseeker's Transitional payment
Magdalen Laundry Payments
One-Parent Family Payment
Partial Capacity Benefit
Pre-Retirement Allowance
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)
Widow, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's Pension (Contributory) and (Non-Contributory)
The Christmas Bonus is also paid to people gettting Blind Welfare Allowance, Mobility Allowance, and rehabilitative training allowances from the HSE. Survivors of Thalidomide who get payments from the Department of Health also get the bonus. It will be paid to certain participants on some Further Education and Training (FET) courses funded by SOLAS (people coming from jobseeker's payments must have been on their payment and/or training allowance for 15 months).

Note that for Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) which is paid monthly the bonus is 75% of the weekly payment. The DCA portion of the Bonus is calculated independently of other payments. So, for example, if you were getting DCA for one child 75% of the weekly payment is €53.37.

Gatling

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

I went straight to disability from j/a in march.will I qualify?

How long were you on j/a.

Gatling

biko wrote: »

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/irish_social_welfare_system/christmas_bonus.html

It's sticked on top of the forum

harry Bailey esq

Gatling wrote: »

How long were you on j/a.

Over 15 months,I went straight to job seekers to disability, no supplementary payments. One week I was jobseekers and the following week I was on disability.

harry Bailey esq

Gatling wrote: »

It's sticked on top of the forum

So I don't qualify as my disability claim is less than 15months old?

January

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

So I don't qualify as my disability claim is less than 15months old?

No you do because your time on both payments is more than 15 months.

It's 75% of your payment not 80%.

LegacyUser

January wrote: »

It's 75% of your payment not 80%.

Do you have to wait until your normal payment day
or can it be collected tomorrow?

Gatling

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

Over 15 months,I went straight to job seekers to disability, no supplementary payments. One week I was jobseekers and the following week I was on disability.

You should be entitled to it based off the long term payment

harry Bailey esq

Fingers crossed. T'will be a long wait till Wednesday

harry Bailey esq

denseretard wrote: »

Just wondering

Am I eligible for Christmas Bonus?

I was on a two year CE scheme which finished at the end of August.

I then had to sign back to jobseekers allowance.

I got the bonus last year on the CE scheme but am I right that because I am recently back on jobseekers allowance I don't qualify for it this year.

I was at the post office today
to collect my money and there was no bonus. Post office man said it was this week but probably because I signed back on in August I don't qualify.

Is there still a chance I will get it next week

I Know people who got paid today and got the bonus,so I don't think you'll get it mate

nuckeythompson

harry Bailey esq wrote:

I Know people who got paid today and got the bonus,so I don't think you'll get it mate

I was on one for a year and signed back on. I think I'll get it tomorrow

harry Bailey esq

nuckeythompson wrote: »

I was on one for a year and signed back on. I think I'll get it tomorrow

What payment are you on?I switched from ja to da in march.I'm not banking on getting mine to be honest.

nuckeythompson

harry Bailey esq wrote:

What payment are you on?I switched from ja to da in march.I'm not banking on getting mine to be honest.

J allowance, also ce is included so don't see the crossover being an issue as both are included for the bonus

denseretard

Thanks very much everyone.

I was hoping that as I was more than 15 months on qualifying payments(CE and jobseekers) I would qualify for the bonus

It looks like I am considered a new JSA applicant since August so I won't get it.

LegacyUser

If on ce scheme is the payment for the ce scheme included in the 75 percent or just what the welfare payment would be?

harry Bailey esq

I contacted Finglas intreo this morning, they confirmed that there will be 349 in the post office tomorrow morning, despite changing to D/A from J/A in march.Hope this helps anyone in a similar boat.

Gatling

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

I contacted Finglas intreo this morning, they confirmed that there will be 349 in the post office tomorrow morning, despite changing to D/A from J/A in march.Hope this helps anyone in a similar boat.

Good to hear

January

denseretard wrote: »

Thanks very much everyone.

I was hoping that as I was more than 15 months on qualifying payments(CE and jobseekers) I would qualify for the bonus

It looks like I am considered a new JSA applicant since August so I won't get it.

You should have got the bonus, considering CE scheme is a social welfare payment and you transferred straight back to JA then you should have qualified. I'd query it with your local office.

Backstreet Moyes

Mine is complicated but maybe somebody knows.

Unemployed for 9 months, went back to college last September on a government sponsored Springboard course to retrain.

After the course i was working part-time which i left to do a Jobbridge which i am currently doing.

dashdoll

Anyone happen to know if I'd be eligible?

Doubtful but hopeful.

Was 6months on JB, moved onto to JA for 6 months. Break for 3 months as got 3 months work and now back on JA since 1st Sept.

Thanks.

Gatling

dashdoll wrote: »

Anyone happen to know if I'd be eligible?

Doubtful but hopeful.

Was 6months on JB, moved onto to JA for 6 months. Break for 3 months as got 3 months work and now back on JA since 1st Sept.

Thanks.

I believe you need to be 15 months on a long term payment.

Was the jsa after 3 months considered a fresh claim

LegacyUser

Is the bonus taxable? I'm on a gateway scheme and pay a small tax amount every week so I'm not sure how it works.

natty_asha

Is the bonus taxable? I'm on a gateway scheme and pay a small tax amount every week so I'm not sure how it works.

Necro

Does anyone know if bonus will be paid into bank if on a tus scheme? Paid tomorrow night but would be handy to know if I have to go to post office or not

hdowney

Necrominus wrote:

Does anyone know if bonus will be paid into bank if on a tus scheme? Paid tomorrow night but would be handy to know if I have to go to post office or not

It will be paid the same way as your normal weekly payment

dashdoll

Gatling wrote: »

I believe you need to be 15 months on a long term payment.

Was the jsa after 3 months considered a fresh claim

Im not sure if was a fresh claim to be honest. I filled out forms anyway again so it probably was?

Oh well...thanks anyway for your help.

Mars Bar

I have been on welfare since September 2014. Do I just miss out on the payment? Been on a CE Scheme since this September.

wmpdd3

Looks like it, there were a few who didn't get it on our course today, most of them missed it by a week or so.

Mars Bar

I got the bonus today. Thank feck!

Karen23

My friend didn't get her bonus. She finished a CE Scheme and signed on to Job Seekers, she enquired and was told she didn't qualify because she's no longer on CE and not long enough on Job Seekers.

Seems very unfair that her time on CE didn't carry over.

build

I didn't get mine either. I'm only on the JSA for around 13 months so around 2 months short. But before it, I was on the JSB for 9 months. Does the JSB not count towards this ?

haveringchick

build wrote: »

I didn't get mine either. I'm only on the JSA for around 13 months so around 2 months short. But before it, I was on the JSB for 9 months. Does the JSB not count towards this ?

No it doesn't
15 months on JSA is the benchmark

Mister Robinson

I started on JSA in July 2014. Then BTEA over the college months then back to JSA in May 2015 and again back to BTEA in September just gone.

It says 15 months for JSA and/or BTEA for the bonus but I have been on both together for 16 months but never received anything.

Are they counted as separate as their description makes it sound combined to get the bonus?

Karen23

Mister Robinson wrote: »

I started on JSA in July 2014. Then BTEA over the college months then back to JSA in May 2015 and again back to BTEA in September just gone.

It says 15 months for JSA and/or BTEA for the bonus but I have been on both together for 16 months but never received anything.

Are they counted as separate as their description makes it sound combined to get the bonus?

This is like my friend on CE, she thought her time on that and JSA would qualify her for the bonus but unfortunately not.

bigboss1986

My bonus arrived today witch casual check On the way to bank I went to Paddy Power 1st time since few years and I put 10euro on 12-1 virtual horse racing and he won.Time to buy new dishwasher

obezyana

Mister Robinson wrote: »

I started on JSA in July 2014. Then BTEA over the college months then back to JSA in May 2015 and again back to BTEA in September just gone.

It says 15 months for JSA and/or BTEA for the bonus but I have been on both together for 16 months but never received anything.

Are they counted as separate as their description makes it sound combined to get the bonus?

I do the same as you and I got the bonus.