Major 72-hour ‘not available' social welfare warning for thousands of Irish TOMORROW amid service maintenance
A MAJOR warning has been issued to social welfare recipients as a key online service is set to be unavailable for 72 hours.
The
Work will be carried out over the June Bank Holiday weekend, meaning the
And it will remain unavailable until 8am on Tuesday June 3.
In an alert displayed on the website MyWelfare.ie said: "Please note: Update to maintenance window.
"Due to essential maintenance, MyWelfare will be offline over the June bank holiday weekend, from 08:00 Saturday 31st May to 08:00 Tuesday 3rd June.
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"We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause."
This will mean thousands of people across the country will not be able to access their MyWelfare accounts until well in to next week.
The MyWelfare website gives users access to a range of services such as applying for the Jobseeker's Benefit, Child Benefit and Maternity payments.
Here you can also access the pathways to work section, apply or manage disability payments, carer payments and pensions.
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With the website down you will also be unable to access civil registration services or make appeals or view claims.
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During this window some people will also be unable to access their MyGovID.
However, not all users will be impacted.
Welfare bosses explained: "You will also be unable to verify your basic MyGovID account during this timeframe.
"If your account is already verified, you will still be able to access it.
"Should the maintenance be completed ahead of schedule, these systems may become available before 8am on Tuesday, 3 June 2025."
They added: "We would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused."
PAYMENT CHANGES THIS WEEK
There will also be
The bank holiday Monday falls on June 2 and people will see a change to their
Due to the bank holiday,
This means that anyone who was expecting to be paid on Monday will most likely be paid early.
It's expected that people will see the payment in their account on Friday May 30.
The payment schedule will then go back to normal on Tuesday June 3.
At this stage the MyWelfare.ie website should also have returned to normal.
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Key groups will be impacted
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