Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by 25% and 50%, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25884/17]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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307. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending the fuel allowance by one, two, three, four, five and six weeks respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25886/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 305 and 307 together.

The costings sought by the Deputy are detailed in the following tables.

Table 1: Cost of increasing the duration of the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance

Table 2: Cost of increasing the duration of the Fuel Allowance by varying numbers of weeks

It should be noted that these costings are subject to change over the coming months in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients for 2018.