The Department of Social Protection is apologising for what it says is a "once off" payment processing error.
Almost 33,000 social welfare recipients did not receive allowances that were due to be electronically paid into their bank accounts today.
The payments affected include illness benefit, family income supplement, one parent family payment, maternity benefit and jobseekers allowance.
Sean Reilly from the Department of Social Protection says the payments will be made by 8 o'clock tomorrow morning:
And he says the Department of Social Protection is confident the payment error won't be repeated:
