Fuel Allowance

Fuel Allowance is a payment that helps with the cost of heating your home during the colder months. It is paid to people who are dependent on a long-term social welfare payment or Health Service Executive (HSE) payments, including one-parent families, and it provides a contribution to the increased cost of heating bills in the winter.

You may qualify for Fuel Allowance if you are getting one of the following:

 and you are living alone or with dependent children.

The Fuel Allowance was €33 per week in 2022. It is paid for 28 weeks of the year from October to April. The Fuel Allowance is paid with your main social welfare payment on the same day.

You can request to have it paid as two lump sum payments. To get your Fuel Allowance paid in two lump sums, fill in the Change the Payment Frequency form (pdf) at least one month before the first lump sum is due.

In March, and again in May 2022, extra payments of €125 and €100 were made to people getting Fuel Allowance.

More information on applying for the Fuel Allowance, including the full list of qualifying payments is available below:

Budget 2023