Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 section 221B

Additional payment for newborn or adopted child

Section 221B introduces a one-off additional payment of €280 for parents of children born or adopted on or after 1 December 2024, separate from regular monthly Child Benefit.

• A qualified person is entitled to a single additional payment of €280 per qualified child, on top of the normal monthly Child Benefit.
• The payment applies where the child's date of birth or date of adoption placement falls on or after 1 December 2024.
• To qualify, the person must become entitled to Child Benefit within three months of the child's birth or placement date — claims made after that three-month window are not eligible.
• For adopted children, the "day of placement" takes its meaning from the Parent's Leave and Benefit Act 2019, referring to the day the child is placed in the care of the adopting parent(s).