Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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1410.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in regard to the jobseeker’s benefit pay-related scheme, noting the revised Estimates, the full-year cost of the proposed scheme. [33595/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024 was recently signed into law by the President and sets out the legislative framework for the new Jobseeker's Pay-Related Benefit scheme.

Jobseeker's Pay-Related Benefit will be made available to newly fully unemployed persons who have a strong and recent attachment to the labour market. The introduction of the scheme will ensure that people with a strong work history receive enhanced benefits if they lose their employment.

It is estimated that the cost of Jobseeker's Pay-Related Benefit for fully unemployed jobseekers will increase the costs on the Social Insurance Fund by some €130m in a full year.