Warning issued as payment change on the way for social welfare recipients
This shake-up comes ahead of the August Bank Holiday, which will see banks and post offices closed on Monday, August 4.
This means that anyone expecting a social welfare payment on Monday, August 4 will most likely be paid early. This is to ensure that no one receives a late payment as a result of the banks being closed.
The Department of Social Welfare typically issues payments on the Friday before the bank holiday, so recipients can expect to collect their payments on Friday, August 1.
This will be the case with each bank holiday this year, and you can find the full list of remaining bank holidays for 2025 below: Monday, October 27 - October Bank Holiday
Thursday, December 25 - Christmas Day
Friday, December 26 - St Stephen's Day
Child Benefit payments will not be affected by the upcoming Bank Holiday as these are issued on the first Tuesday of each month when all Intreo centres and branch offices reopen after the day off.
Therefore, if you receive Child Benefit, your payment will be processed as usual on Tuesday, August 5, without any changes.
Those expecting other types of payments should be prepared for the possibility of receiving them earlier than expected due to the closure of the banks and post offices.
Meanwhile, John Paul O'Shea, a Fine Gael TD and Chairman of the powerful Oireachtas Social Protection Committee, hsa said that a €12 dole rise 'will not be feasible' in October's Budget 2026 as he said there is 'no reason' why people should be on the payment for more than 12 months.
New figures provided to the Irish Mirror by the Department of Social Protection confirmed that 46,940 people had been on Jobseeker's Allowance for more than one year.
Some 9,809 people have been receiving the payment for between two and three years, while 5,066 people have been on Jobseekers for three to four years. Another 2,784 people have been receiving the weekly payment for four to five years.
In total, 13,391 people have been on Jobseekers for more than five years. Of these, 8,487 people have been in receipt of it for more than five years, while 4,904 have been classified as unemployed for a decade or more.
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