Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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1227.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing each weekly social welfare payment to meet the minimum essential standard of living, as detailed by the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice, for 2024, in tabular form. [33607/24]

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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1228.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of increasing each weekly social welfare payment to meet the minimum essential standard of living, as detailed by the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice, for 2025, in tabular form. [33608/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1227 and 1228 together.

The estimated cost in order to increase the maximum weekly rate of each social protection payment to match the MESL are set out in the table below. The total cost is €1,898 million annually.

These costings are based on the estimated average number of recipients in 2024, and is subject to change in light of emerging trends and subsequent revision of the estimated number of recipients.