Major money warning for thousands of Irish households that are eligible for €345

A MAJOR warning has been issued to thousands of Irish households as many may be eligible for a €345 cash payment.

As the cost of living crisis impacts many families and households, there are certain social welfare payments available that many are missing out on.

For anyone working various part-time jobs or systematic short-time workers, they are entitled to apply for Jobseeker’s Benefit from the Department of Social Protection.

This allows anyone who is working for three days or less each week to gain more income into their bank accounts.

When it comes to most Jobseeker’s Benefit, the main criteria is that you must be unemployed.

The truth is is that you don’t actually need to be, you instead need to be able to prove to you are experiencing a significant loss of employment.

This includes anyone working three days or less out of the week and anyone who’s income has been reduced due to loss of employment.

The four main criteria to receiving the Jobseeker’s Benefit include days at work being reduced due to lack of work, part-time work and job sharing week on and off, casual work or subsidiary employment.

For part-time workers, you are entitled to a certain amount depending on how many days a week you are not working.

For each day you work in the week, one fifth of the normal rate of Jobseeker’s Benefit is deducted from the payment.

The rate increases for couples with children, with someone working two days a week receiving three fifths of the standard Jobseeker’s Benefit and so on.

If you are someone who has had their working hours cut to three days or less each week, you can apply for Short Time Work Support under the Jobseeker’s Benefit scheme.

Anyone hoping to benefit from this scheme will need to fill out the application form for both the Jobseeker’s Benefit and the Short Time Work Support.

The highest amount someone can claim on this scheme is €432 per week, keeping in mind they would need to be unemployed for six days of the week and in a couple with a child under the age of 12.

The lowest amount someone can claim is €92.80, which would be paid to a single person only working three days of the week.

Separately, an urgent warning has been issued to Irish social welfare recipients over a major switch next week.

Thousands of people are set to see a major change due to the June bank holiday.

Social welfare recipients will be paid earlier than usual on Friday, May 31 instead of Monday, June 3.

All banks and post offices will also be closed in Ireland due to the bank holiday.

The Department of Social Protection said: “Monday 3 June is a Bank Holiday and as a result, any social welfare payments due to be in your account on Monday 3 of June will now be paid Friday 31 May instead.”

However, payments will be paid as normal when banks and post offices reopen on Tuesday, June 4.

They added: “All intreo Centres and branch Offices will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday 3 June. Intreo Centres and Branch Offices will reopen on Tuesday 4 June.”