Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the earnings disregard for the jobseeker's transitional payment by €5, €10 and €15, respectively, in tabular form. [12724/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The estimated full year cost of increasing the earnings disregard for the Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment by €5, €10, €15, respectively is set out in tabular form below:

The above costings are based on the number of recipients who were working and earning in excess of €165 per week on the Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment as of January 2021.

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 calculate and have not been factored into the above costings.

Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons receiving a jobseeker’s allowance; the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker’s for more than 390 days; the number of persons currently receiving the fuel allowance who qualified due to being in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance; and the number of persons receiving a working family payment. [12758/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The data requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below