Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 June 2026
368. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated monthly payment per child that would be required under a supplementary child benefit payment to ensure that no household currently receiving working family payment would experience a reduction in disposable income. [46657/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra369. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated monthly payment per child that would be required under a supplementary child benefit payment to ensure that no household currently receiving one-parent family payment would experience a reduction in disposable income. [46658/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra370. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated monthly payment per child that would be required under a supplementary child benefit payment to ensure that no household currently receiving jobseeker’s transitional payment would experience a reduction in disposable income. [46659/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra371. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated monthly payment per child that would be required under a supplementary child benefit payment to ensure that no household currently receiving the child support payment would experience a reduction in disposable income. [46660/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra377. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first-year and full-year net Exchequer cost or saving of replacing working family payment, one-parent family payment, jobseeker’s transitional payment and the child support payment with a supplementary child benefit payment of:€50 per month; €75 per month; €100 per month; €125 per month; and €150 per month, per child. [46666/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra378. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first and full-year cost of replacing working family payment, one-parent family payment, jobseeker’s transitional payment and the child support payment with a supplementary child benefit payment designed to ensure that no household currently eligible for those payments would experience a reduction in disposable income and the monthly payment per child required under such a model; and the number of children who would benefit, with the information provided, in tabular form. [46667/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra379. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated impact on the at-risk-of-poverty rate after housing costs among children; the consistent poverty rate among children; and the enforced deprivation rate among children of replacing working family payment, one-parent family payment, jobseeker’s transitional payment and the child support payment with a supplementary child benefit designed to ensure that no currently eligible household would be worse off. [46668/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 368, 369, 370, 371, 377, 378 and 379 together.
The Working Family Payment, One-Parent Family Payment and Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment each have their own eligibility criteria and means/income tests which affect the entitlement and rate a person or family receives. The Child Support Payment is a supplement to a primary payment payment, whereby the rate paid is conditional on the eligibility criteria and means test of the primary payment. Replacing these payments with a supplementary child benefit payment designed to ensure that no household currently eligible for those payments would experience a reduction in disposable income would require careful design and consideration of scheme interactions.
In the absence of a comprehensive design of the new payment and a detailed analysis of current customers it is not possible to provide the estimated monthly payment per child that would be required to ensure that no household currently eligible for those payments would experience a reduction in disposable income.
Similarly, it is not possible to estimate the cost of such a change, or the estimated impact on the at-risk-of-poverty rate after housing costs, the consistent poverty rate or the enforced deprivation rate among children.
