Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 302: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the additional funding necessary to raise qualified adult allowances to 70% of full adult rates. [18218/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The qualified adult allowance rate payable in the case of old age contributory pension, retirement pension and invalidity pension, where the qualified adult is aged 66 or over, and in the case of invalidity pension, where the qualified adult is aged under 66 currently exceeds 70% of the relevant personal rate. The full year cost of increasing all other qualified adult allowances to a rate equivalent to 70% of the relevant personal rate is €23 million.