Job seekers' payments will no longer be paid directly into bank accounts.
Recipients are asked to return to their local Post Office to claim the benefit.
The direct payment was introduced during the start of the Covid pandemic in 2020, to help reduce the number of people mixing in post offices but it's being reversed in line with the easing of Covid restrictions.
Making the announcement this morning, Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys says the move will also reduce fraud:
"There are those who try to commit fraud in the system, that's wrong", she said.
"We have a special investigations unit and we continue to follow up on reports we get from the public, reports we get from employers, and also we work very closely with gardai.
"There have been quite a number of people who've been caught who shouldn't be claiming the benefit."
