Written answers
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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1559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full year cost for measures (details supplied). [36365/17]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The information sought by the Deputy is detailed in the following table:
| Measure | Cost €m |
|---|---|
| Increase the duration of the fuel season by two weeks (from 26 to 28) | 17.6 |
| Increase social welfare payments to 2008 levels (costing relates to weekly payments made to people aged under 66 – pension rates are currently in excess of 2008 levels) | 349 |
| Introduce a €250 per week state pension for all pensioners (includes rates of payment for recipients of Widow/er’s/Surviving Civil Partners Contributory pension aged 66 or over). | 406 |
| Restore the full Christmas Bonus to all those eligible (based on a payment level of 110%) | 267 |
| Increase all social welfare payments by €10 per week. | 694 |
| Increase the Family Income Supplement multiplier from 60% to 75%. | 101 |
| Extend Child Benefit to 18 year olds in second level education. | 62 |
| Increase the age of the youngest child to 18 for receipt of One Parent Family Payment (costing is based on allowing recipients of FIS with a youngest child aged 7 to 17 to concurrently claim one parent family payment and transferring recipients of jobseeker’s transition with a youngest child aged 7 to 13 to one parent family payment. Data in relation to lone parents who are on jobseeker’s allowance with a youngest child aged 14 to 17 is not readily available). | 26.5 |
| Increase the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance by €50 (all children) | 14 |
| Increase maternity payments to 12 months (based on Maternity Benefit). | 268 |
The costings listed above include proportionate increases for qualified adults and for those on reduced rates of payment, where relevant. It should also 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.
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