Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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1158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost associated with increasing all basic adult social welfare rates including the increase for a qualified adult by €10 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19613/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The estimated full year cost of a €10 increase to all weekly social welfare payments, with a proportionate increase for qualified adults where relevant, is €780.5 million.

This costing is subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients.