Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 June 2017
2078. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the full-year estimated cost of increasing the earning disregard for the one-parent family payment and jobseeker's transition payment to €146.50. [28514/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra2084. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the earnings disregard for the one-parent family payment and the jobseeker's transition payment to €146.50, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28550/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra2113. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the income disregard for the one-parent family payment and jobseeker's transition payment to €146.50; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28991/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra2120. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase the earning disregard for the one-parent family jobseeker's transition payment to €146.50 to allow lone parents to take up and increase working hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29113/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 2078, 2084, 2113 and 2120 together.
The cost of increasing the One Parent Family Payment and the Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment earnings disregard from €110 per week to €146.50 per week is set out in tabular form below:
|
Scheme |
Increase income disregard to: |
Approximate cost to the Exchequer in a full year |
|
One Parent Family Payment |
€146.50 a week |
€11.1 million |
|
Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment |
€146.50 a week |
€4.2 million |
|
Total |
€15.3 million |
The above costings are based on the number of recipients who were working and earning in excess of €110 per week on both the One-Parent Family Payment and the Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment as of March 2017.
The costings do not take into account potential behavioural changes, or the inflow of new entrants, which may arise from the introduction of higher income disregards. There would be additional costs on foot of these two factors, which are not possible to cost and have not been factored into the above costing of €15.3 million.
