I was unsure where this belonged and can’t see it announced elsewhere on the Board. Double Payments will begin from Monday 23 March on recipients regular payment day.
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The Department is also encouraging more Social Welfare recipients to have their payments lodged directly to a bank account to minimise trips outside and mingling in Post Offices.
Minister Doherty announces two weeks entitlement in a Single Payment and a public awareness campaign for new Pandemic Unemployment Payment
The single payment giving two weeks of entitlement will be made on some social welfare schemes next week.
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The Department is also encouraging more Social Welfare recipients to have their payments lodged directly to a bank account to minimise trips outside and mingling in Post Offices.