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One-off £200 energy support payment delayed by a day

written by cassoscoop March 9, 2022
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One-off £200 payments to help people in Derry and across the North of Ireland struggling with rising energy costs will be delayed by a day, Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has said.

Payments, which were due to be paid on Thursday, March 10, will now be made on Friday, March 11, due to a “technical glitch” by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), she said in a message posted on Twitter.

The Sinn Fein minister tweeted she was “disappointed” the payments would not be going ahead as scheduled.

Ms Hargey said she had been assured on Wednesday that the issue “has been rectified”.

The scheme to help people with rising energy costs had been agreed by the Stormont Executive in January.

Those eligible for the £200 payment must have been in receipt of one or more of five qualifying benefits during the week beginning 13 December 2021.

The Department for Communities said the qualifying benefits were:

Pension Credit

Income Support

Income-based Job Seekers’ Allowance

Income-related Employment and Support Allowance

Universal Credit

Previously, Ms Hargey said payments would be made to about 280,000 people who were “finding it harder to cope” because of soaring energy prices.

This scheme is separate to a previous emergency fund that opened earlier this year to help people needing help with fuel payments.

One-off £200 energy support payment delayed by a day was last modified: March 11th, 2022 by cassoscoop

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