Written answers
Tuesday, 2 April 2019
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
One-Parent Family Payment Data
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the earnings disregard for the one parent family payment by €10, €15, €20 and €25, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14744/19]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The estimated full year cost of increasing the earnings disregard for the One Parent Family payment €10, €15, €20 and €25, respectively, is set out in tabular form:
Estimated additional Annual Cost @ 160 disregard | €2,996,500.00 |
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Estimated additional Annual Cost @ 165 disregard | €4,494,750.00 |
Estimated additional Annual Cost @ 170 disregard | €5,993,000.00 |
Estimated additional Annual Cost @ 175 disregard | €7,491,250.00 |
The above costings are based on the number of recipients who were working and earning in excess of €150 per week on the One-Parent Family Payment as of March 2019.
The costings do not take into account potential behavioural changes, or the inflow of new entrants, which may arise from the introduction of higher income disregards. There would be additional costs on foot of these two factors, which are not possible to cost and have not been factored into the above costing.
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