{"id":376547,"date":"2026-04-01T13:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/376547\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:57:08","slug":"social-welfare-payment-dates-changed-due-to-easter-bank-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/376547\/","title":{"rendered":"Social welfare payment dates changed due to Easter bank holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of people across Ireland are set to receive their <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/maintopics\/social-welfare_topic-5047367.html\">social welfare<\/a> payments earlier than expected this week, in a move aimed at avoiding disruption over the Easter bank holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Payments due on Easter Monday, April 6, will instead be issued in advance, as banks, post offices, and Intreo centres will be closed for the public holiday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Recipients can expect their money to arrive on Friday, April 3, or Saturday, April 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The change will impact a wide range of weekly payments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Child Benefit, which is normally paid on April 7, is also expected to be brought forward to ensure families are not left waiting due to the closures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Payment dates are then expected to return to normal following the Easter weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The early payments come as part of a broader effort by the Government to support households facing rising <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/maintopics\/cost-of-living_topic-5127492.html\">living costs<\/a>, particularly <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/maintopics\/energy-prices_topic-5114793.html\">increases in fuel prices<\/a> linked to ongoing international tensions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/politics\/arid-41812724.html\">\u20ac250m support package has been introduced<\/a>, including cuts to fuel excise duty, updates to the diesel rebate scheme, and an extension of the fuel allowance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Under the extension, around 470,000 households will receive an additional \u20ac38 per week for four weeks, amounting to a total extra payment of \u20ac152.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thousands of people across Ireland are set to receive their social welfare payments earlier than expected this week,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[5658,72,943,8858,61,60,11258],"class_list":["post-376547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-irish-examiner-instagram","tag-business","tag-cost-of-living","tag-energy-prices","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-social-welfare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}