Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 June 2016
307. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost for 2017 of increasing by €40 the weekly payments received by recipients of an age-related lower rate of jobseeker's allowance and supplementary welfare allowance. [14666/16]
View answer309. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the qualified child increase by €5 for 2017. [14668/16]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 307 and 309 together.
The cost of increasing the rates of Jobseeker's Allowance and Supplementary Welfare Allowance for those recipients under 26 years of age by €40 per week is €59 million in 2017 and a full year. This cost includes increasing the qualified adult rate to €124.80 per week.
The cost of increasing the rate of the Qualified Child Increase by €5 per week is €98.7 million in 2017 and a full year. This includes the costs of also increasing the Back to Work Family Dividend.
These costings above are provisional and will be subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients in 2017.
