Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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862. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of carer’s allowance and carer’s benefit in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 respectively, in tabular form; the additional funding needed to increase the rate for both carer’s allowance and carer’s benefit from €219 to €255; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20316/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The cost of Carer's Allowance and Carer's Benefit in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 is as follows;

Carer’s Allowance:

Carer’s Benefit: 

The full year cost of increasing the rate of Carer's Allowance from €219 to €255 is €124.1 million.  The full year cost of increasing the rate of Carer's Benefit from €220 to €255 is €5.2 million.

The costs shown above are on a full year basis and are based on the estimated number of recipients in 2020.  It should be noted that these costings are subject to change in the context of emerging trends.

It should also be noted that these costings include proportionate increases for qualified adults and include Social Welfare Allowance payments, where relevant.