Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 October 2015
215. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in 2016 of increasing the income disregard of €350 for those in receipt of disability allowance by €10; €16; and €20 per week. [36011/15]
View answer216. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in 2016 of increasing the income disregard of €350 for those in receipt of the Blind Pension by €10; €16; and €20, per week. [36012/15]
View answer217. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of abolishing the means test for the carer’s allowance. [36014/15]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 215 to 217, inclusive, together.
Given the demand-led nature of the three schemes in question, such changes in the qualifying conditions would have an unquantifiable impact on the numbers of people claiming, and as a result, it is not possible to estimate the costs involved.
