The Government is making a special double payment this week to approximately 1.3 million people on 31 different State supports to assist with the cost of living. In county Tipperary 50,133 people will receive the bonus payment that was announced in the Budget.
Over the course of this week, a Double Lump Sum Payment will be issued to the likes of pensioners, carers, people with disabilities, lone parents and low income families. It will be paid on the same basis as the Christmas Bonus and will include the core weekly rate increase of €12 that came into effect at the start of the year.
Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys says the extra payment “is recognising that families continue to feel the pinch, particularly after the Christmas period.“ The double payment is automatically paid – people do not need to apply.
January Bonus recipient numbers by scheme:
| Scheme | Approximate Recipient Numbers |
| State Pension Non-Contributory | 98,186 |
| Jobseeker’s Allowance* | 116,350 |
| One Parent Family Payment | 43,606 |
| Widow(er)s’ Pension (non-contributory) | 1,060 |
| Supplementary Welfare Allowance* | 3,125 |
| Daily Expenses Allowance* | 6,641 |
| Farm Assist | 4,299 |
| Community Employment | 18,710 |
| Rural Social Scheme | 2,802 |
| Job Initiative | 384 |
| TUS | 4,625 |
| Back to Work Enterprise Allowance | 2,520 |
| Back to Education Allowance* | 2,103 |
| Back to Work Family Dividend | 2,753 |
| Work Placement Experience Programme | 174 |
| Disability Allowance | 158,150 |
| Blind Pension | 992 |
| Carer’s Allowance | 92,840 |
| Domiciliary Care Allowance | 52,125 |
| Guardian’s Payment (non-con) | 575 |
| Magdalen Commission Scheme | 694 |
| State Pension (Contributory) | 510,350 |
| Widow(er)s’ Surviving Civil Partners Pension (Con) | 124,900 |
| Occupational Injuries Death Benefit | 696 |
| Deserted Wife’s Benefit | 4,460 |
| Partial Capacity Benefit | 3,026 |
| Invalidity Pension | 55,169 |
| Disablement Benefit | 13,680 |
| Illness Benefit* | 16,343 |
| Carer’s Benefit | 3,757 |
| Guardian’s Payment (Contributory) | 1,155 |
*12 months duration on eligible social welfare payment or scheme is required in order to be eligible for Bonus.
