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Sunday 27 November 2022
All households who received Fuel Allowance in early April will automatically receive the €100 lump sum.
Targeted supports for those on fuel allowance will mean an additional three weeks payment.
The once-off payment is means-tested and is available to pensioners, widows, widowers, jobseekers, lone-parents and people with disabilities.
It was announced in the Budget this week that the Fuel Allowance would increase by €5 per week.
It was confirmed on Tuesday that the allowance was increasing by €5 to €33 a week.
The fuel allowance is an additional social welfare payment that is means-tested.
In Northern Ireland, the Cold Weather Payment scheme kicks in when the temperature falls below zero degrees for seven days.
In total, an extra €22.50 will be paid to over 368,000 households.
The decision means that fuel allowance recipients will now automatically receive €45 for this week instead of the usual €22.50.
The technical glitch that caused the issue has been resolved.
The Department of Social Protection said it was investigating the matter.
Sinn Féin has claimed that many of the nation’s most vulnerable are being left out in the cold.
The 410,000 people in receipt of the weekly €20 allowance will be given the allowance for an extra week.
At their winter meeting, the Irish Bishops’ Conference welcomes the U-turn on disability benefit – but remain concerned.
SO BLACK FRIDAY has come and gone.
The day of flash sales – when retailers slash prices – has taken place, ahead of the festive season.
Online Black Friday deals have been taking place for a few weeks now, but the big day of in-person shopping happened yesterday.
This morning we want to know… Did you buy anything on Black Friday?
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