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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

...would also prevent the gap between the two from widening excessively. The estimated cost of bridging the gap between core social welfare rates for disability allowance, job seeker's allowance and carer's allowance and the benchmark of 27.5% would be €296 million. We believe this is eminently achievable in terms of the overall budget. Based on the survey on income and living...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

...advocate that all social welfare rates should ultimately be indexed. We simply said we would begin with a number of core rates and we highlighted disability allowance, jobseeker's allowance and carer's allowance as a starting point. As Dr. McDonnell said, over a longer period you could begin building on that. We choose those particularly because-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Patricia Ryan: ...our guests. I know we have been speaking about pensions and older people. I note that the guests spoke with Deputy Aindrias Moynihan about pensions and the three cores. Initially, that involved carers and so on. Do the witnesses agree that the current State pension level, which stands at approximately €277 per week, needs to be brought up to at least €338 per week, which...