Peadar Tóibín
Question:137. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of times that the fuel allowance has increased since she took office. [58969/22]
View answerTuesday, 29 November 2022
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On 27 June 2020, I had the privilege of being appointed as Minister for Social Protection. At that time, the rate of Fuel Allowance was €24.50 per week, payable over a 28 week period.
From 4 January 2021, I increased the weekly rate by €3.50, raising the rate of payment to €28.00 per week.
I secured a further increase of €5 to the weekly rate of Fuel Allowance with effect from 11 October 2021, from €28 to €33.00, which is the current rate.
In addition, during my time as Minister for Social Protection, and in recognition of the increasing energy costs for households, I secured a number of one-off payments for those in receipt of Fuel Allowance. In March 2022, an extra €125 was paid to all Fuel Allowance recipients. A further extra payment of €100 was made to all Fuel Allowance recipients in mid-May 2022.
More recently, a payment of €400 was made to all those in receipt of Fuel Allowance during the week commencing 14 November 2022.
I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.