Rate history
Supplementary Welfare Allowance: rates by year
Every figure in the dated series for Supplementary Welfare Allowance, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| increase for a qualified adult | – | €168.60 | €175.20 |
| qualified adult, under 25 | – | €163.70 | €163.70 |
| rate, 25 or over | €242 | €252 | €262 |
| rate, under 25 with a dependant | €153.70 | €163.70 | €163.70 |
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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