The estimated full year costs of providing an additional €10 per week payment to recipients of a disability or illness related payment with a proportionate increase for qualified adults are shown in the table below.
Scheme
|
Cost (€m)
|
Disability Allowance
|
87.2
|
Illness Benefit
|
26.1
|
Invalidity Pension
|
32.4
|
Partial Capacity Benefit
|
1.1
|
Injury Benefit
|
0.4
|
Incapacity Supplement
|
0.5
|
Disablement Pension
|
2.5
|
Blind Person’s Pension
|
0.6
|
Total
|
150.8
|
These costings are based on the estimated number of recipients in 2022 and are subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients.