Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 324: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will increase the child dependent allowance from €22 to €35 per child in Budget 2008; the estimated cost of such a measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22446/07]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The cost of increasing the child dependent allowance by €13 per week, from €22 to €35 per child, is estimated at €208 million in a full year.

Any increase in the child dependent allowance would have to be considered in a Budgetary context, having regard to available resources and the wider Government agenda.