Changes to the usual social welfare payment schedule are on the way due to the February bank holiday.
Due to the St Brigid’s Day bank holiday, banks and post offices are closed on Monday the 3rd of February. This means that any social welfare payments due to be paid on the Monday, as well as Child Benefit due on the Tuesday will be sent or made available Friday the 31st of January or Saturday the 1st of February.
Parents will see their Child Benefit payments land in their accounts on the Friday or Saturday due to the bank holiday on Monday. This is usually the case when there is a bank holiday Monday before the first Tuesday of the month.
Here’s a full list of bank holidays in Ireland in 2025:
- Wednesday, January 1 – New Year’s Day
- Monday, February 3 – St Brigid’s Day
- Monday, March 17 – St Patrick’s Day
- Monday, April 21 – Easter Monday
- Monday, May 5 – May Day
- Monday, June 2 – June Bank Holiday
- Monday, August 4 – August Bank Holiday
- Monday, October 27 – October Bank Holiday
- Thursday, December 25 – Christmas Day
- Friday, December 26 – St Stephen’s Day
The application opening date for a payment worth up to €285 per child has now been confirmed. The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance scheme is open from 1 June to 30 September each year.
The scheme is to aid parents in the costs of sending children back to school in September. Here’s everything you need to know.
What is the Back To School Clothing and Footwear Allowance?
The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance is a means-tested once-off payment aimed at helping families with the extra costs of clothing and footwear when children start school each autumn.
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How to qualify
To qualify for Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance, you must meet the following conditions:
- you must be getting a qualifying social protection payment or participating in an approved employment, education or training support scheme
- you must be getting Child Support Payment (previously known as Increase for a Qualified Child) in respect of each child for whom the allowance is being claimed (except in certain circumstances)
- each child being claimed for must be aged between 4 and 17 or aged between 18 and 22, and returning to second-level education in the autumn
- the assessable income for your household must be within a set income limit
- you and each child in respect of whom the allowance is claimed must be resident in the State
How much is Back To School Clothing and Footwear Allowance?
€160 for 4-11 year olds and €285 for ages 12 to 22. Children between 18 and 22 years old must be in second-level education to qualify.
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