The granting of a special Christmas gift for 2022, at a cost of €17.1 million, was approved today by the Council of Ministers, following a proposal by the Deputy Minister of Social Welfare, Ms. Anastasia Anthousis.
The Christmas Gift will be granted to the same categories of beneficiaries as in 2021, namely:
- Beneficiaries of Minimum Guaranteed Income (MGA),
- Beneficiaries of Low Income Pensioners' Household Support Scheme,
- Beneficiaries of the Planned Beneficiaries of the Planned Beneficiaries' Honorary Maternity Allowance,
- Recipients of Public Assistance, and
- Trapped persons and children of trapped persons residing in the occupied areas and attending the Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary School of Rizokarpasu.
In addition to the above categories of beneficiaries, the special Christmas Gift will be granted this year to beneficiaries receiving Single Parent Family Allowance, with a total income of up to €19,500 and deposits of up to €10,000.
It is clarified that the amount of the Christmas Bonus will not be counted as income for the purposes of granting the EHIC, the Low Pensioner's Allowance, the Multiparent Mother's Honorary Allowance, the Child and Single Parent's Allowance, the Easter Bonus and the Christmas Bonus.
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