Written answers
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits Data
Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the cost of restoring the full rate of jobseeker's allowance for those under 26 years of age; of abolishing the discriminatory jobseeker's allowance rates for those under 26 years of age; of restoring the telephone allowance; of reversing the €50 cut to the back to school clothing and footwear allowance; of increasing the basic social welfare rates by €10 per week; of reversing the cuts to the one-parent family payment, of including a reduction of income disregard; of restoring the back to education allowance; and of reversing the cuts to child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33389/15]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The costs sought by the Deputy are included in the table below.
| Measure | Cost – Full Year €m |
|---|---|
| Increase the maximum rate of Jobseeker’s Allowance for those aged under 26 years to €188 per week. | 148 |
| Re-introduce the Telephone Allowance. | 108 * |
| Increase the rate of Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance by €50 per child. | 15 |
| Increase all weekly rates of social welfare payments by €10. | 713 |
| Increase the age threshold of the youngest child of a One Parent Family Payment recipient to 14 years of age and increase the earnings disregard to €146.50 per week. | 65 |
| Re-introduce a €500 Cost of Education Allowance for Back to Education Allowance recipients as well as an increase the rate of Back to Education Allowance for those under 26 years of age, from €160 to €188 per week. | 15 |
| Increase the rate of Child Benefit to €166 per month for the first and second child and to €203 per month for the third and subsequent children. Extend entitlement to 18 years olds in education, and re-introduce the grant of €635 which was paid to all multiple births at birth, at age 4 and at age 12. | 603 |
*This cost is tentative as the re-introduction of the scheme (along the same lines as the original scheme) would have to have regard to a changed telecommunications market.
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