Pensioners and carers in Mayo to benefit from October bonus payment

The October bonus payment for pensioners, carers, people with disabilities, and working families will be issued next week.

Michael Ring TD confirmed that the funding, which will ‘go a long way in supporting people’, will be issued in the coming week.

“Next week’s double payment will support 1.4 million people across the State and will benefit so many in Mayo. The October Bonus provides a 100 percent increase in the weekly rate of payment for pensioners, carers and people with disabilities across Mayo,” he commented.

“This will be followed by further supports over the next few weeks, including a €300 lump sum payment for those in receipt of the Fuel Allowance and a €200 lump sum payment for those in receipt of the Living Alone Allowance.

“There will also be a €400 Carers and Disability Support payment in November as well as double payments of Child Benefit in both November and December,” continued Deputy Ring.

Budget 2025 included what Deputy Ring called ‘the largest social protection package in the history of the State’. He explained how this ‘will assist households with the Cost of Living’ through a mix of lump sum payments, targeted supports and increases to weekly payments.

“Fine Gael and Minister Humphreys want to support the people most seriously impacted by the cost of living. This level of support is only possible thanks to Fine Gael’s careful management of the economy.

“I’m delighted to see this payment issued to so many people in Mayo, I know it will come as a welcome relief for many”, concluded Deputy Ring