Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 May 2023
368. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing all headline social protection payments to €300 per week, excluding disability-related payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23795/23]
View answerThe estimated full year cost of increasing all weekly social welfare payments to €300 per week is €2,938.1m. This includes a proportionate increase for Qualified Adults and those on reduced rates of payment.
These costings are subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients.
Disability Allowance, Illness Benefit, Invalidity Pension, Partial Capacity, Injury Benefit, Incapacity Supplement, Disablement Pension and Blind Person’s Pension are excluded from the above costings.
