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Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance
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Payments of Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance for 2020 will be made to qualifying customers in the week starting 13 July. Letters will issue to customers confirming their payment by 6 July.
If you do not receive a letter from us by 6 July, you should submit an application online on www.mywelfare.ie. This requires you having a verified MyGovID and details can be found on www.mywelfare.ie of how to verify.
The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance is a means-tested once-off payment aimed at helping families with the extra costs when children start school each autumn.
The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance scheme is open from 1 June to 30 September each year
To qualify for Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance, you must meet the following conditions:
- you must be in receipt of a qualifying social protection payment or participating in an approved employment, education or training support scheme
- you must be in receipt of an increase for a qualified child (IQC) in respect of each child for whom the allowance is being claimed (except in certain circumstances)
- each child being claimed for must be:
aged between 4 and 17 or
aged between 18 and 22, and returning to second-level education in the autumn
- the assessable income for your household must be within a set income limit
- you and each child in respect of whom the allowance is claimed must be resident in the State
| Child’s age | Rate |
| 4 – 11 | €150 |
| 12 – 22 | €275 |
Remember, children between 18 and 22 years old must be in second-level education to qualify.
Through a matching process in the department, many customers will receive the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance payment automatically. Award letters issue to these customers in June.
From 6 July, if you have not received an award letter for Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance and you are in receipt of a weekly social protection payment, you will need to apply for Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance online on www.mywelfare.ie, even if you received the payment last year.
To apply online you must have a verified MyGovID account.
If you do not have a a verified MyGovID account please contact Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance section by phone or email.
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The closing date for receipt of applications is 30 September.
Getting ready to apply for: Back To School Clothing & Footwear Allowance
A step by step guide on how to apply online for Back to school clothing and footwear allowance
DownloadOperational guidelines describe the processes and procedures that staff in the department follow when carrying out their work.
