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The Household Benefits Package helps pay your electricity or gas bills.
It also gives you a free TV licence.
You can get it if you are 70 or over.
You do not need a State Pension. Your income is not checked.
If you are under 70, you must get a certain social welfare payment.
If you get Carer's Allowance and live with the person you care for, you qualify automatically.
It is €1.15 a day for electricity or for gas.
If you have both, you must choose one: electricity or gas.
It is paid into your bank or post office on the first Tuesday of each month.
The bills do not need to be in your name. But only one person in a home can get it.
You can apply online on MyWelfare.ie.
Or fill in the paper application form.
For questions, phone 0818 200 400.
To talk to someone face to face, visit a Citizens Information centre.
Every sentence on this page is checked against the official page every night: www.citizensinformation.ie.