Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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322. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of paying a double child benefit payment to parents on the birth of a child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44084/19]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The estimated full year cost of issuing a double child benefit payment to parents on the birth of a child is €8.7 million in 2020.

This cost assumes the payment of €140, representing an additional months payment in respect of these children.  It should be noted that these costings are subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of beneficiaries for 2020.