Cost Of Living Payment 2025 Ireland Update. Parents are getting two double child benefit payments in budget 2025; The october cost of living bonus will be paid this year to more than 1.38 million people on primary weekly payments, including pensioners, people with disabilities, carers and lone parents.
Child benefit is paid at one and half times the normal monthly rate for each child. Some of the cost of living measures have already been shared, with electricity credits, fuel allowance changes and more likely to be considered in the package.