Rate history
Illness Benefit: rates by year
Every figure in the dated series for Illness Benefit, 2025 to 2027. A bold figure is the one that changed on that date; a column dated in the future is a Budget change still to start.
| Figure | 1 Jan 2025 | 1 Jan 2026 | from 1 Jan 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| band 2 from weekly earnings of | – | €300 | €300 |
| band 3 from weekly earnings of | – | €220 | €220 |
| band 4 from weekly earnings of | – | €150 | €150 |
| increase for a qualified adult, band 1 | €162 | €168.60 | €168.60 |
| increase for a qualified adult, lower bands | – | €109.20 | €109.20 |
| rate, band 1 | €244 | €254 | €264 |
| rate, band 2 | – | €198.90 | €198.90 |
| rate, band 3 | – | €163.70 | €163.70 |
| rate, band 4 | – | €114 | €114 |
| waiting days | – | 3 | 3 |
A dash means the series holds no figure for that date. These are the figures the calculators run on, each stored with the date it took effect, so a change applies on the day and not before. The series start in 2025 for most payments; earlier years will be added from the Department's published rate booklets. The guide is here. Other payments: rate history. What moved and when, across every payment: what changed at the official source.
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