Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 May 2018
619. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing maternity, paternity and adoptive benefit by €10, €25 and €50 per week in tabular form; and the cost of extending maternity benefit by 26 weeks. [23660/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe costs of these measures are presented in the table below. It should be noted that these costings are subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients for 2019.
|
-Measure |
Maternity Benefit Cost |
Adoptive Benefit Cost |
Paternity Benefit Cost |
Total Cost |
|
€10 rate increase |
€10.7m |
€0.01m |
€0.62m |
€11.33m |
|
€25 rate increase |
€26.75m |
€0.02m |
€1.56m |
€28.33m |
|
€50 rate increase |
€53.51m |
€0.04m |
€3.11m |
€56.66m |
|
26 week maternity benefit extension |
€249.6m |
n/a |
n/a |
€249.6m |
