Peadar Tóibín
Question:203. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost, in tabular form, of increasing the monthly child benefit rates by certain margins (details supplied). [33222/15]
View answerTuesday, 29 September 2015
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The costs of increasing Child Benefit, as outlined above, are listed in the following table.
|
Number of children in family |
Increase per month per family |
Annual Cost €m |
|
1 |
€5.00 |
€15.01 |
|
2 |
€10.00 |
€27.88 |
|
3 |
€15.00 |
€19.32 |
|
4 |
€20.00 |
€7.38 |
|
5 |
€25.00 |
€2.04 |
|
6 |
€30.00 |
€0.61 |
|
7 |
€35.00 |
€0.20 |
|
8 or more children |
€40.00 * |
€0.15 |
|
- |
Total |
€72.58 |
*For families with 8 or more children, the rate will increase by €5 for each child.