About benefits.ie

benefits.ie explains Irish social welfare payments in plain terms: what each one pays, who qualifies, and how to apply. Every rate comes from Citizens Information, gov.ie or the HSE, and every page shows the date it was last checked. How we source this explains the process.

We are not the Department of Social Protection and are not connected to it. This is information, not advice. Only the Department can decide what you are entitled to.

The site is free to read and needs no sign-up.

benefits.ie is published by S5 Ltd. If you find a figure we have wrong, tell us or write to contact@benefits.ie.