The Council of Ministers today approved the granting of an extraordinary Christmas Gift for 2022, at a cost of €17.1 million, 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 Planned Beneficiaries of the Planned Beneficiaries of the Planned Beneficiaries of the Planned Beneficiaries of the Planned Beneficiaries of the Planned Beneficiaries of the Planned Beneficiaries of the Planned Beneficiaries of the Planned Beneficiaries of the Planned Beneficiaries of the Planned Beneficiaries of the Planned Beneficiaries of the Planned Beneficiaries of the Planned Benefits Scheme,
- Recipients of Public Assistance, and
- Trapped persons and children of trapped persons residing in the occupied areas and attending the Rizokarpassou Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary Schools.
In addition to the above categories of beneficiaries, the Extraordinary Christmas Gift will be granted this year to beneficiaries receiving Single Parent Family Allowance, with total income up to €19,500 and deposits up to €10,000.
It should be clarified that the amount of the Christmas Bonus will not be considered as income for the purposes of receiving the EHIC, the Low Pensioners' Allowance, the Multiparent Mother's Honorary Allowance, the Child and Single Parent's Allowance, the Easter Bonus and the Christmas Bonus.
Payment of State Ministry of Social Welfare Benefits for December
In view of the Christmas holidays, the Social Welfare Services and the Welfare Benefits Management Service of the State Ministry of Social Welfare have made all necessary arrangements for earlier payment of public assistance, allowances and other social benefits, as follows:
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Benefit |
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Date of deposit in bank account
[/TD] [TD]Date date of sending cheque
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[/TD] [TD]
13.12.2022
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[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Monthly Public Assistance Allowance and Christmas Gift
[/TD] [TD]14.12.12.2022
[/TD] [TD]12.12.2022
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Extraordinary Public Assistance Allowance/Christmas Gift
[/TD] [TD]08.12.2022 /
16.12.2022
[/TD] [TD]06.12.2022 / 14.12.2022
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Allowance for Low Income Pensioners Support Scheme / Christmas Gift
[/TD] [TD]15.12.2022 /
16.12.2022
[/TD] [TD]---
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Monthly Child Allowance for families with three or more children
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]09.12.2022
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]---
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Monthly allowance for single-parent families / Christmas gift
[/TD] [TD]09.12.2022 /
16.12.2022
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[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Christmas Allowance for beneficiaries of the 2022 Planned Parenthood Honorary Allowance Scheme
[/TD] [TD]16.12.2022
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]---
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Monthly Allowance to Veterans/Widows of World War II Veterans
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]09.12.2022
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]---
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Internment and Resettlement Allowance and Christmas Gift
[/TD] [TD]14.12.2022
[/TD] [TD]14.12.2022
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Applicants for international protection
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[/TD] [TD]16.12.2022
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(MKY)
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