Written answers
Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Rates
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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928. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a list of updated payment rates for core social protection payments from January 2023; and if she will provide this list, in tabular form, by payment. [2170/23]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I announced on Budget Day that over one billion euro would be spent on new Social Protection measures in 2023, including over €880 million in order to provide for a €12 across the board increase to the weekly rate of social welfare payments from January 2023.
The weekly rates per scheme for those schemes paid weekly are set below.
| Scheme | Personal Rate € | |
|---|---|---|
| Contributory - Pension Age | ||
| State Pension (Contributory) | 66yrs & Over | 265.30 |
| Widow/er's/Surviving Civil Partner (Con) Pension / Deserted Wife's Benefit | 66yrs & Over | 265.30 |
| Death Benefit Pension | 66yrs & Over | 269.70 |
| Incapacity Supplement | 66yrs & Over | 239.30 |
| Non-Contributory - Pension Age | ||
| State Pension (Non-Contributory) | 66yrs & Over | 254.00 |
| Carer's Allowance | 66yrs & Over | 274.00 |
| Contributory - Working Age | ||
| Invalidity Pension | 225.50 | |
| Widow/er's/Surviving Civil Partner (Con) Pension / Deserted Wife's Benefit | Under 66yrs | 225.50 |
| Death Benefit Pension | Under 66yrs | 250.50 |
| Carer's Benefit / Constant Attendance Allowance | 237.00 | |
| Disablement Benefit | 251.00 | |
| Jobseeker's Benefit/JBSE/Illness Benefit/Incapacity Supplement/H&S/Injury Benefit | 220.00 | |
| Maternity Benefit/ Adoptive Benefit | 262.00 | |
| Paternity Benefit/Parent's Benefit | 262.00 | |
| Guardian's Payment (Contributory) | 203.00 | |
| Non-Contributory - Working Age | ||
| Jobseeker's Allowance | 220.00 | |
| Widow/er's/Surviving Civil Partner (Non-Con) Pension / Deserted Wife's Allowance | 220.00 | |
| Disability Allowance/Blind Pension | 220.00 | |
| Farm Assist | 220.00 | |
| One Parent Family Payment | 220.00 | |
| Supplementary Welfare Allowance | 218.00 | |
| Carer's Allowance | Under 66yrs | 236.00 |
| Guardian's Payment (Non-Contributory) | 203.00 | |
| Jobseeker's Allowance and Supplementary Welfare Allowance | ||
| Rate for recipients aged 18 to 24 years of age (not living independently) | 129.70 | |
| Activation Schemes | ||
| Back to Education Allowance | 220.00 | |
| Back to Work Enterprise Allowance | 220.00 | |
| Community Employment Programme * | 247.50 | |
| TÚS - Community Work Placement * | 247.50 | |
| Rural Social Scheme * | 247.50 |
The monthly rates per scheme for those schemes paid monthly are set out below.
| Scheme | Monthly Rate € | |
|---|---|---|
| Children | ||
| Child Benefit | 140.00 | |
| Domiciliary Care Allowance | 330.00 |
I trust this clarifies matters for the Deputy.
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