Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal West, Sinn Fein)
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161. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the additional first-year and full-year cost of increasing the living alone allowance. [36576/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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While the Deputy does not specify an amount by which to increase Living Alone Allowance, currently €22 per week, in order to provide an estimated annual cost to answer the question, we have set out the estimated full year cost of increasing the Living Alone Allowance by €1 per week from €22 to €23 per week, which is €13.1 million.

This costing is based on the estimated average number of recipients in 2025, and is subject to change in light of emerging trends and subsequent revision of the estimated number of recipients.