Written answers
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits
Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the categories of welfare payment recipients (details supplied) that will receive the November 2022 cost-of-living double payment. [49582/22]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Cost of Living Support is a lump-sum measure that will support social welfare recipients who rely on their social welfare payments for financial support through the ongoing cost of living crisis.
The Support will be paid in October 2022 on the same basis as the Christmas Bonus, with the additional removal of the 12-month duration requirement resulting in short term Jobseekers and Supplementary Welfare Allowance customers qualifying for the support.Approximately 1.4 million recipients will benefit from this payment. The total number of schemes eligible for the payment are outlined in Table 2.
The projected number of recipients of the schemes requested by the Deputy are shown in Table 1 and refer to the total number of people in receipt of payment as of September 30th 2022.
Jobseeker's Benefit | 37,410 |
Jobseeker's Allowance for less than 12 months | 55,488 |
Jobseeker's Allowance for more than 12 months | 68,819 |
Illness Benefit | 55,524 |
Invalidity Pension | 56,654 |
Parent's Benefit | 5,136 |
Maternity Benefit | 18,549 |
Paternity Benefit | 726 |
One Parent Family Payment | 42,190 |
Table 2
Schemes eligible for Autumn Bonus
| State Pension (Non-Contributory) |
|---|
| State Pension (Contributory) |
| Widows', Widowers' / Surviving Civil Partners' Pension (Contributory) |
| Widows', Widowers' / Surviving Civil Partners' Pension (Death Benefit) |
| One Parent Family Payment |
| Widows' Widowers' / Surviving Civil Partners Pension (Non-Contributory) |
| Deserted Wife's Allowance |
| Farm Assist |
| Deserted Wife's Benefit |
| Community Employment Programme |
| Rural Social Scheme |
| Tús |
| Job Initiative |
| Back to Work Enterprise Allowance |
| Disability Allowance |
| Blind Pension |
| Carer's Allowance |
| Domiciliary Care Allowance |
| Invalidity Pension |
| Partial Capacity Benefit |
| Disablement Benefit |
| Carer's Benefit |
| Guardian Payment (Non-Contributory) |
| Back to Work Family Dividend |
| Guardians Payment (Contributory) |
| Magdalen Commission Scheme |
| *Jobseeker's Allowance - No duration requirement for Autumn Bonus |
| *Back to Education Allowance - No duration requirement for Autumn Bonus |
| *Jobseeker's Benefit - No duration requirement for Autumn Bonus |
| *Jobseeker's Benefit Self Employed - No duration requirement for Autumn Bonus |
| *Basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments - No duration requirement |
| *Daily Expenses Allowance - No duration requirement for Autumn Bonus |
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