Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing all welfare and pension payments for every 1% increase. [40878/17]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The cost of increasing all weekly rates of payment by 1% is estimated to be just over €145 million in 2018 and a full year. The cost includes proportionate increases for qualified adults.

It should be noted that this cost is subject to change over the coming weeks in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients for 2018.