Written answers
Tuesday, 12 July 2022
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Payments
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of providing an additional €10 per week payment to all recipients of disability-related social welfare payments by payment type and as a total in tabular form. [37030/22]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The estimated full year costs of providing an additional €10 per week payment to recipients of a disability or illness related payment with a proportionate increase for qualified adults are shown in the table below.
| Scheme | Cost (€m) |
|---|---|
| Disability Allowance | 87.2 |
| Illness Benefit | 26.1 |
| Invalidity Pension | 32.4 |
| Partial Capacity Benefit | 1.1 |
| Injury Benefit | 0.4 |
| Incapacity Supplement | 0.5 |
| Disablement Pension | 2.5 |
| Blind Person’s Pension | 0.6 |
| Total | 150.8 |
These costings are based on the estimated number of recipients in 2022 and are subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients.
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