Budget 2027 and social welfare
Budget 2027 was announced on 6 October 2026. Most weekly payments go up by €10 from January 2027. Until then you are paid the current rate. Below are both, payment by payment.
What Budget 2027 changed
- €10 a week more on most weekly payments from January 2027, including State Pensions, Jobseeker's, Disability Allowance, Carer's and One-Parent Family Payment. Qualified adult and reduced rates rise proportionately.
- Child Support Payment up €6 a week, to €64 for a child under 12 and €84 for a child 12 or over.
- Fuel Allowance up from €38 to €43 a week. The income limit for a single person aged 66 or over rises to 60% of the couple's limit.
- Living Alone Increase up from €22 to €25 a week.
- Working Family Payment income limits up €30 a week for every family size.
- Cost of Disability payment: a €500 lump sum in 2027 for people on a long-term disability payment.
- Christmas Bonus to be paid in December 2026.
- From July 2027: higher income disregards for Carer's Allowance (€1,150 single, €2,300 couple), Disability Allowance and Blind Pension (€175), and One-Parent Family Payment and Jobseeker's Transitional Payment (€175).
Read from the Department of Social Protection's Budget 2027 page. Where it does not publish a figure, such as most reduced rates, we say so rather than work one out.
Rates now and from January 2027
The rates in force now, and the rates Budget 2027 announced. The new rates are paid from January 2027; until then you are paid the current rate.
24 of 37 payments checked against the Budget documents so far. The rest are marked "Being checked".
Checked
Weekly payments
| Payment | Now | From January 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Bereaved Partner's (Contributory) Pension | €259.50/week | €269.50/week |
| Blind Person's Pension | €254/week | €264/week |
| Carer's Allowance | €270/week | €280/week |
| Carer's Benefit | €271/week | €281/week |
| Disability Allowance | €254/week | €264/week |
| Farm Assist | €254/week | €264/week |
| Fuel Allowance | €38/week | €43/week |
| Guardian's Payment | €237/week | €247/week |
| Illness Benefit | €254/week | €264/week |
| Invalidity Pension | €259.50/week | €269.50/week |
| Jobseeker's Allowance | €254/week | €264/week |
| Jobseeker's Benefit | €254/week | €264/week |
| Jobseeker's Transitional Payment | €254/week | Being checked |
| Living Alone Allowance | €22/week | €25/week |
| Maternity Benefit | €299/week | €309/week |
| One-Parent Family Payment | €254/week | €264/week |
| Parent's Benefit | €299/week | €309/week |
| Partial Capacity Benefit | €254/week | Being checked |
| Paternity Benefit | €299/week | €309/week |
| State Pension (Contributory) | €299.30/week | €309.30/week |
| State Pension (Non-Contributory) | €288/week | €298/week |
| Supplementary Welfare Allowance | €252/week | €262/week |
Everything else
| Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance | €160/year |
|---|---|
| Carer's Support Grant | €2,000/year |
| Child Benefit | €140/month |
| Domiciliary Care Allowance | €380/month |
| Household Benefits Package | €1.15/day |