Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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66. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of raising the one-parent family payment income disregard to €120 in 2016. [25527/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The estimated cost of increasing the One-Parent Family Payment (OFP) income disregard to €120 in 2016 would be approximately €11.8 million.

This is based on earnings data for relevant OFP recipients in January 2015. It also takes account of the implementation of the final phase of the OFP age reforms on 2 July 2015 when the age of the youngest child for receipt of OFP will reduce to 7 years for all recipients thereby reducing the number of OFP recipients by approximately 30,000.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in 2016 of raising the child cut-off age for the one-parent family payment to 12 years old. [25528/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The information that the Deputy has requested is currently not available in the Department. Given the complex nature of the request, the Department will provide the information directly to the Deputy in due course.