Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending child benefit to 18-year-olds who are still in secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37106/22]

Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending child benefit to 18-year-olds who are still in secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37141/22]

Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of expanding child benefit to 18-year-olds in full-time education. [37310/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 588, 593 and 609 together.

The estimated cost of extending Child Benefit to 18-year olds in secondary school is €61.5m.

This costing is based on the estimated school enrolment numbers and is subject to change in light of emerging trends and subsequent revisions.

Any extension of Child Benefit would need to be considered in an overall budgetary and policy context.