Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer annually of increasing all social welfare payments by €10 per week, €20 per week, €25 per week and €30 per week, in tabular form. [37178/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The estimated full year cost of a €10, €20, €25 and €30 increase in weekly social welfare payments is outlined in the table below. It should also be noted that these costings include proportionate increases for qualified adults and for those on reduced rates of payment, where relevant.

* Rounding may affect totals.

These costings are based on the estimated average number of recipients in 2024, and are subject to change in light of emerging trends and subsequent revision of the estimated number of recipients.

Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer annually of additional increases of €10, €12, €15, €20 and €25 per week to payments of disability allowance, domiciliary care allowance and carer's allowance, in tabular form. [37179/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The estimated full year cost of a €10, €12 €20 and €25 weekly increase to Disability Allowance and Carer's Allowance are outlined in the table1 below. Domiciliary Care Allowance is a monthly payment the estimated full year cost of a €10, €12 €20 and €25 monthly increase is outlined in table 2.

Table 1: All costs are in millions of Euros.

Table 2:

It should also be noted that these costings include proportionate increases for qualified adults where relevant. These costings are based on the estimated average number of recipients in 2024, and are subject to change in light of emerging trends and subsequent revision of the estimated number of recipients.