Social welfare payment date shakeup happening next week including Child Benefit

Some social welfare recipients will be paid early next week

12:28, 23 Jan 2026Updated 12:37, 23 Jan 2026

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There will be a shakeup to the social welfare payment next week which will see some recipients paid earlier than expected.

Banks and post offices will be shut on Monday, February 2 due to The St Brigid’s Day bank holiday. This results in any social welfare payments scheduled for the Monday, as well as Child Benefit due on the Tuesday, being made available on Friday the 30th or Saturday the 31st of January.

Due to the bank holiday on Monday, parents can expect their Child Benefit payments to land in their accounts on either Friday or Saturday. This is typically the case when a bank holiday Monday falls before the first Tuesday of the month.

After St Brigid’s Day, here are the remaining bank holidays in Ireland in 2026:

• St. Patrick’s Day – Tuesday March 17
• Easter Monday – Monday April 6
• Early May Day Bank Holiday – Monday May 4
• June Bank Holiday – Monday June 1
• August Bank Holiday – Monday August 3
• October Bank Holiday – Monday October 26
• Christmas Day – Friday December 25
• St. Stephen’s Day – as it falls on a Saturday in 2026 the Bank Holiday will be observed as a ‘substitute day’ on Monday December 28.

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