Rate history
Maternity, Paternity, Adoptive and Parent's Benefit: rates by year
Every figure in the dated series for Maternity, Paternity, Adoptive and Parent's Benefit, 2024 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 Aug 2024 | 1 Jan 2025 | 1 Jan 2026 | from 1 Jan 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adoptive Benefit weeks | – | – | 24 | 24 |
| Maternity Benefit weeks | – | – | 26 | 26 |
| Parent's Benefit weeks | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Paternity Benefit weeks | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| weekly rate | – | €289 | €299 | €309 |
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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