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Budget; increases in Living Alone and Fuel Allowances

  • 10-10-2020 2:48pm
    #1
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭


    Good news!

    Up by E3.50 and E5 a week respectively.... see rte news online.


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  • #2
    zell12
    Registered Users Posts: 23,295 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    Times reporting Christmas 'bonus' will be paid to welfare recipients including PUP claimants, as it will act as an economic stimulus - does not say it will be 100% payment though
    http://cf.broadsheet.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/STI.001.1RN.11oct_1284502414-scaled.jpg


  • #3
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    zell12 wrote: »
    Times reporting Christmas 'bonus' will be paid to welfare recipients including PUP claimants, as it will act as an economic stimulus - does not say it will be 100% payment though
    http://cf.broadsheet.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/STI.001.1RN.11oct_1284502414-scaled.jpg

    As I am a UK pensioner I get very little of that but get the UK £10

    Deeply grateful for the extra fuel money; E5 in real terms is half a bag of coal a week which will be very well used...the coal smokeless eggs give off huge heat.


  • #4
    SourSessions
    Registered Users Posts: 1,195 ✭✭✭SourSessions


    The fuel allowance increase is from January, is the Living Alone Increase the same?


  • #5
    mart 23
    Registered Users Posts: 316 ✭✭mart 23


    Was it the child benefit allowance or the qualified child allowance that was increased by 5 Euro for over 12


  • #6
    lucalux
    Registered Users Posts: 1,143 ✭✭✭lucalux


    mart 23 wrote: »
    Was it the child benefit allowance or the qualified child allowance that was increased by 5 Euro for over 12

    It's the qualified child allowance as far as I've seen reported


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  • #7
    SourSessions
    Registered Users Posts: 1,195 ✭✭✭SourSessions


    mart 23 wrote: »
    Was it the child benefit allowance or the qualified child allowance that was increased by 5 Euro for over 12

    Qualified Child Payment by €5 for over 12s and €2 for under 12s.


  • #8
    Demonique
    Registered Users Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭Demonique


    Has there been any increase in basic social welfare payments? They used to be the same rate as the non-contributory pension, now the NC pension is at least €20 more than the basic payments

    Im on disability allowance and its a crime that disability/sickness payments were even cut in the first place


  • #9
    SourSessions
    Registered Users Posts: 1,195 ✭✭✭SourSessions


    Demonique wrote: »
    Has there been any increase in basic social welfare payments? They used to be the same rate as the non-contributory pension, now the NC pension is at least €20 more than the basic payments

    Im on disability allowance and its a crime that disability/sickness payments were even cut in the first place

    No change to basic payments. Living alone increase up by €5, fuel allowance by €3.5 and Christmas bonus to be paid is the crux of it.


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