Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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386. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing family income supplement payments to 70% of the difference between the income limit for family size and the family's assessable income. [22456/14]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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387. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in receipt of a family income supplement payment; the total number of children this involves; and the size of the average FIS payment. [22457/14]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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389. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the qualified child increase by €5, €7.50 and €10, respectively. [22459/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 386, 387 and 389 together.

The cost of increasing the family income supplement (FIS) multiplier by 10 percentage points, from 60% to 70%, is estimated at approximately €43 million in a full year (costing is based on the estimated number of weekly recipients in 2014). The data requested by the Deputy in relation to the FIS scheme are outlined in the following table (position as at end-April, 2014).

The cost of increasing the qualified child increase by €5 per week is €97 million in a full year. Accordingly, the cost of increasing this payment by €7.50 per week or €10 per week is €145 million or €193 million, respectively, in a full year.