Applying for Fuel Allowance?

The Fuel Allowance season starts on Monday, 23 September 2024 and ends on 4 April 2025. 📆

If you qualify, you will get €33 per week during the Fuel Allowance season to help with the cost of heating your home during the winter months.  

To get Fuel Allowance, you must:

• Live alone (or only with certain people)
• Be getting a qualifying social welfare payment or qualifying pension (unless you are 70 or over)
• Satisfy a means test

Find out more about how to qualify for the Fuel Allowance.