Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual expenditure on the disability allowance for 2021; the estimated additional cost of increasing disability allowance payments by €5, €15 and €20, respectively for those currently in receipt of this payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36450/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The estimated expenditure on Disability Allowance in 2021 is €1.8 billion.

The costings sought by the Deputy are contained in the table below.

The costs shown above include a proportionate increase for qualified adults, and are based on the estimated number of recipients in 2021. This costing is subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients.