Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the net cost in 2016 of setting the eligible age at which the parent's youngest child is eligible at ten, 12 and 14 years of age under the one-parent family payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18481/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The information that the Deputy has requested is currently not available in my Department. Given the complex nature of the request, my Department will provide the information directly to the Deputy in due course. This will include the answer to the previous question submitted by the Deputy regarding increasing the age of the youngest child to 14 years for receipt of the One-Parent Family Payment.

Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost in 2016 of increasing the income disregard under the one-parent family payment scheme from its current threshold of €90 per week to €95, €100, €105, €110, 115, €120 and €125 per week, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18483/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The full cost of extending the current threshold of the income disregard under the One-Parent Family Payment (OFP) from its current threshold of €90 a week to €95 a week; €100 a week; €105 a week; €110 a week; €115 a week; €120 a week; and €125 a week is outlined in tabular form. These figures are based on the current profile of OFP customers as of June 2016.