Do people on stamps get the Xmas 'bonus'?

godwin

Or whatever stamps is known as these days

Riskymove

In 2017, the Christmas Bonus was 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 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
•Direct Provision Allowance
•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
•Magdalen Laundry Payment
•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)

For Jobseeker’s Allowance (JA) or Basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance (BSWA), you must be getting the payment for 15 months to get a Christmas Bonus. However, if you were getting another payment eligible for the Christmas Bonus immediately before claiming JA or BSWA, and your combined time on eligible payments is 15 months, you will get the Christmas Bonus.

It will be paid to certain people getting a Further Education and Training (FET) training allowance, (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 85% of the weekly payment. The DCA portion of the Bonus is calculated independently of other payments. So, for example, if you were getting full-rate DCA for one child, 85% of the weekly payment is €60.70.

The Christmas Bonus is also paid to people getting 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.

godwin

Is that a yes or a no?

splinter65

godwin wrote: »

Is that a yes or a no?

No people on stamps won’t be getting the Christmas bonus

Mantis Toboggan

Jaysus a bonus for sitting on your arse not bothering to get yourself a job. What next, free houses for unmarried mother's...

Mantis Toboggan

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Jaysus a bonus for sitting on your arse not bothering to get yourself a job. What next, free houses for unmarried mother's...

Don’t forget the stables. (Not for Baby Jesus)

mp22

Stable door closed....