Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 4 July 2024
349. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing all headline weekly social protection payment to €300 per week, excluding disability-related payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28867/24]
View answerThe estimated full year cost of increasing all weekly social welfare payments to €300 per week is €2,798.3 million. This includes a proportionate increase for Qualified Adult.
These costings are subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients.
Disability Allowance, Invalidity Pension, Partial Capacity, Disablement Pension and Blind Person’s Pension are excluded from the above costings.
