Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing all social welfare payments to €350 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28178/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The estimated full year cost of increasing all weekly social welfare payments to €350 per week is €10.0 billion.

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 recipients.

It should also be noted that these costings include proportionate increases for qualified adults and for those on reduced rates of payment, where relevant.

Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full-year cost of increasing all social welfare payments to €300 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28179/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The estimated full year cost of increasing all weekly social welfare payments to €300 per week is €6.1 billion.

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 recipients.

It should also be noted that these costings include proportionate increases for qualified adults and for those on reduced rates of payment, where relevant.