Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the weekly payments for maternity benefit, adoptive benefit, paternity benefit, and parent’s benefit to €350 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35707/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The total estimated cost of increasing the weekly payment rate for Maternity Benefit, Adoptive Benefit, Paternity Benefit and Parent's Benefit, from the current rate of €289 by €61 to €350 per week, is €87 million.

The above costing is on a full year basis and is based on the estimated number of recipients in 2025. It should be noted that this costing is subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients for 2025.