Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 27 September 2018
216. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the one-parent family payment and jobseeker's transition payment to €161 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39308/18]
View answerI understand the Deputy to be referring to the income disregard applying to these payments, rather than the payments themselves.
Based on the income data for existing customers on one parent family payments and jobseekers transition payments, the estimated cost of increasing the income disregard for the one-parent family payment and jobseeker's transitional payment for this cohort from €130.00 to €161 per week is in the region of €8 to €8.5 million per year.
