Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the double autumn social welfare payment will be paid to recipients of jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance or supplementary welfare allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52085/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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In response to the ongoing cost of living pressures, my Department will spend approximately €1.2 billion in social welfare measures during the coming months to help individuals and families through this difficult period. 

One of these measures is the Autumn Cost of Living Double Payment which will be paid to those schemes which are eligible to receive the Christmas Bonus, with one amendment - the removal of the 12-month duration requirement for certain schemes - allowing short-term jobseekers and Supplementary Welfare Allowance customers to qualify for the October support.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.