Written answers
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Rates
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how much it would cost to increase the rate of jobseeker's benefit by €80 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41376/23]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how much of an extra cost to the Exchequer would have been incurred if each claimant of jobseeker's benefit in 2022 and to date in 2023 received an increase of €80 per week for the duration of their payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41377/23]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 376 and 377 together.
The estimated full year cost of increasing Jobseekers Benefit by €80 per week is €153.7 million.
It should be noted that this cost is subject to change in the context of labour market changes, emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients for 2024.
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