Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 175: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated average cost to the Exchequer of each 1,000 extra entrants on the live register. [34300/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The estimated annual cost of Jobseeker's Allowance and Jobseeker's Benefit of each 1,000 extra entrants onto the Live Register is around €11.5 million in a full year.