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# Christmas Bonus

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# Social Protection
Christmas payment will be paid to 1.4 million social welfare recipients next week
The cost of this year’s Christmas payment will be €313 million.
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Dec 1st 2021, 10:18 AM
# Social Protection
Over 1.6 million to get Christmas Bonus this week, as those receiving Covid PUP drops slightly
The Pandemic Unemployment Payment will be available until March of next year.
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Dec 7th 2020, 9:45 PM
# money owed
Pandemic Unemployment Payment arrears to be paid to 286,000 recipients today
Some cases progressed more slowly due to their complexity and due to inadequate or inaccurate information provided.
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Dec 1st 2020, 12:43 PM
# Budget 2021
Just a few days out from the Budget, what can we expect?
All will be revealed on Tuesday.
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Oct 10th 2020, 12:05 AM
# Festive Cheer
Christmas bonus will be paid out to 1.2 million social welfare recipients at start of December
The cost of the Christmas bonus this year will be €279.4 million.
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Nov 21st 2019, 12:17 PM
# Social Welfare
Will there be a 2020 Christmas bonus? No decision's been made yet
Pearse Doherty said Christmas comes every year, yet the bonus hasn’t been factored into spending.
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Jul 3rd 2019, 3:10 PM
# Social Welfare
Here's what Budget 2019 means for people receiving social welfare payments
The Christmas bonus will be fully restored for the first time since the economic downturn.
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Oct 9th 2018, 2:02 PM
# budget 2019
'A cheap headline': Minister has no intention of scrapping welfare Christmas bonus
She said people on welfare payments were needlessly worried by news reports this morning.
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Sep 25th 2018, 2:29 PM
# extra extra
Christmas bonus to be paid to more than 1.2 million social welfare recipients this week
Abolished in 2009, the Christmas bonus was partially restored by the then Tánaiste Joan Burton in 2014 and has increased to the current 85%.
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Nov 27th 2017, 8:03 AM
# thank christ
Election or no election, the Christmas bonus will still be paid next week
But the Social Protection minister says that other changes to social welfare payments are “in limbo”.
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Nov 24th 2017, 12:12 PM
# Christmas Bonus
Irish Water to start repaying customers from Monday
Refunds totalling €173 million will be paid to 990,000 customers.
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Nov 17th 2017, 5:12 PM
# Festive Cheer
The Christmas bonus will be given at the start of December
The cost of the Christmas bonus is €219 million.
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Oct 10th 2017, 7:48 PM
# Christmas Bonus
Social welfare Christmas bonus for 1.2 million people to be paid this week
This year’s bonus will be 85% of a welfare recipient’s weekly payment.
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Nov 28th 2016, 8:30 AM
# extra money
Varadkar confirms details around this year's welfare Christmas bonus
Some 1.2 million people will receive the extra money.
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Oct 20th 2016, 9:49 PM
# Festive Cheer
Enda Kenny won't say if the social welfare Christmas bonus will be paid this December
Taoiseach Enda Kenny said the matter is being discussed ahead of October’s Budget.
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Sep 28th 2016, 4:09 PM
Voices
Do you really need your bosses to prove how much they love you?
There’s a problem with work relationships. We nurture them and expect them to be like our personal ones. But they’re not and can never be, writes Karen Frampton.
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Dec 20th 2015, 8:45 AM
The social welfare Christmas bonus is coming at the start of December
It has been increased by 75% this year.
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Nov 23rd 2015, 5:15 PM
# promises
People on the dole to see 50% increase in their Christmas bonus this year
The bonus is paid to long-term welfare claimants such as jobseekers, pensioners, carers, lone-parents and those with a disability.
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Sep 14th 2015, 9:31 AM
# Bah Humbug
Tesco will axe Christmas bonuses for thousands of Irish staff this year
The grocery giant has decided to play the Grinch with its workers.
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May 29th 2015, 3:13 PM
# Prime Numbers
Tayto crisps, Mary Lou McDonald, and U2: The week in numbers
Plus: How many homeowners are more than two years behind with their mortgage repayments?
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Dec 6th 2014, 7:30 PM
# Cash Money
Joan Burton wants to increase the Christmas Bonus again next year
The Tánaiste is in a giving mood and says the partial restoration of the bonus this year is “a start”.
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Dec 3rd 2014, 4:29 PM
# Festive Cheer
If you receive social welfare your Christmas Bonus is coming this week
Jobseekers need to be claiming for 15 months to receive the payment.
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Nov 30th 2014, 4:28 PM
# Christmas Bonus
Pensioners are now having to 'choose between food and fuel and medication'
Age Action says it would welcome the return of the Christmas Bonus in next week’s Budget.
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Oct 8th 2014, 10:38 AM
# Social Welfare
Could the Christmas Bonus be restored in next month's Budget?
The Tánaiste wasn’t ruling it out when asked today.
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Sep 18th 2014, 6:00 PM
# Leaders' Questions
'The money is not there': Taoiseach rules out restoration of Christmas bonus
Enda Kenny was described as ‘Scrooge’ in the Dáil chamber this afternoon.
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Dec 11th 2013, 12:56 PM
Voices
Column: Restoring the Christmas bonus should be a no-brainer
A reintroduction of the Christmas bonus would be a huge boost for both people who rely on social welfare payments and for the economy, writes Patrick Nulty TD.
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Dec 4th 2013, 1:00 PM
# Christmas Bonus
Good news for Poirot fans: ITV 2, 3 and 4 are back on UPC
Good news for The Only Way is Essex fans too…
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Dec 22nd 2011, 1:09 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Should bankers get their bonuses?
Up to 2,400 staff in AIB are set to benefit from €40 million in bonuses. Is this only fair, or is too much of a kick in the teeth to taxpayers? Let us know what you think.
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Dec 9th 2010, 9:25 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you really need to know by 9am: AIB hands out €40 million in bonuses, election goes on the long finger and the Taoiseach uses the s-word.
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Dec 9th 2010, 8:22 AM