Eamon Ryan
Question:215. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing universal child benefit by €5. [39307/18]
View answerThursday, 27 September 2018
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The estimated full-year cost of increasing the monthly rate of Child Benefit by €5, from €140 per month to €145 per month, is €73.29 million.
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 2019.