Household Benefits Package (2024)

FAQs

What is the household benefit package? ›

The Household Benefits Package (HBP) helps with the cost of your electricity or gas bill and the TV licence. Only one person in a household can get the Package. You can get the Household Benefits Package if you are aged 70 or over. You do not need to be getting a State pension and the package is not means tested.

If you are aged 66 or over and live alone, you will qualify for the Living Alone Increase if you are getting one of the following payments: State Pension (Contributory) State Pension (Non-Contributory) Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Contributory) Pension.

To qualify for Fuel Allowance, your means must be less than the maximum State Pension (Contributory) at 66, including any increases you could get for dependents or living alone, plus an additional €200. This is called the 'assessable income limit'.

Over the course of this week, a Double Lump Sum Payment will be issued to the likes of our pensioners, carers, people with disabilities, lone parents and low income families. The January Bonus is the ninth lump sum payment secured by Minister Humphreys under Budget 2024.

An employee benefits package includes all the perks and benefits provided when working for a company outside of an employee's wages and salary. Some organizations offer a handful of benefits, with the basics including medical insurance, life insurance, dental insurance, a 401k, holidays, and paid time off.

Full benefit package means a group of employment incentives offered to employees that includes group medical and dental coverage, disability, and a retirement plan regardless of whether the employer subsidizes the cost of such a package. Sample 1Sample 2.

Irish adults who live alone may be eligible for a social welfare payment worth €1,144 per year. The 'Living Alone Increase' is an extra payment of €22 per week issued to people who are already on social welfare. There are different criteria to qualify for the payment depending on your age.

The Living Alone Increase (LAI) is one of those secondary payments. It is not a scheme or a stand-alone payment, but it is a supplement to a primary social protection payment of €22 per week made to people aged 66 years or over, who are in receipt of certain social welfare payments and who are living alone.

Universal Credit Standard Allowance

There is one standard allowance for your household: Single claimant aged under 25: £311.68 per month. Single claimant aged 25 or over: £393.45 per month.

Fuel Allowance helps cover the cost of heating your home if you're on social welfare payments. It's usually paid weekly but if you are on certain benefits you can claim it in two lump sums. You can get the Fuel Allowance in addition to the Household Benefits Package.

What is fuel exemption? ›

The Fuel Exception Report in Reports / Fuel Exception Report monitors fuel transactions to identify exception based activity across your fleet. The report enables you to quickly find irregularities in fuel consumption and take corrective measures if required.

The Christmas Bonus is paid to pensioners, people with disabilities, carers, lone parents and long-term unemployed people in recognition of their long-term financial dependence on their social welfare payment for all, or most, of their income.

What is the Telephone Support Allowance? The Telephone Support Allowance (TSA) is an extra weekly payment for people on certain social welfare payments who are also getting both the Living Alone Increase and the Fuel Allowance. It can help people living alone with the cost of communications or a home alert system.

Deserted Wife's Allowance is a means-tested payment made to women under 66 years without dependent children, who were deserted by their husband and who do not qualify for Deserted Wife's Benefit.

Employee benefits are any forms of perks or compensation that are provided to employees in addition to their base salaries and wages. A complete employee benefits package may include a health insurance plan, life insurance, paid time off (PTO), profit sharing, retirement benefits, and more.

While this can differ depending on who you ask, the standard in most industries consists of health insurance, dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, retirement savings plans, vacation time, and additional paid time off for events like family medical leave, maternity leave, and sabbaticals.

What is the Working Family Payment? Working Family Payment (WFP) is a weekly tax-free payment for employees with children. It supports people who are on low pay. WFP used to be called Family Income Supplement (FIS).

ALLOWANCE (FSSA) PROGRAM

The Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance (FSSA) is a program to increase a Servicemember's Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) and remove military families from the SNAP Program (formerly the food stamp program).