Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in a full year if the disability allowance increased by €5.50. [4635/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The estimated full year cost of a €5.50 increase in the rate of Disability Allowance is €47.3 million, based on the estimated number of recipients in 2021. This costing includes a proportionate increase for qualified adults.

It should be noted that this costing is subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients for 2021.