Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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93. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 66 and 67 of 25 June 2015, the estimated combined cost of raising the cut-off age of the one-parent family payment to 12 years old, and raising the one parent family payment income disregard to €120, in 2016. [27499/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The estimated cost of increasing the one-parent family payment scheme income disregard to €120 in 2016 would be approximately €12 million. This figure is based on earnings data for relevant one-parent family payment recipients in January, 2015. It also takes account of the implementation of the final phase of the one-parent family payment reforms that took place on 2 July, 2015, when the maximum child age threshold for the scheme was lowered to 7 years for all recipients.

With regard to the cost of raising the maximum child age threshold for the scheme to 12 years, this information 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.