1865. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the child support payment for under-12s by €6 or €10 and for over-12s by €10 or €15; to provide the current number of eligible children in each category, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44026/25]
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Showing questions asked by Mark Wall under the heading Social Welfare Rates.
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1870. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing fuel allowance by €5 or €10 a week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44031/25]
1871. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the fuel allowance to 32 weeks at current rates; the estimated cost of increasing it by €5 or €10 a week at 32 weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44032/25]
1876. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost for every €1 increase in the living alone allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44037/25]
1877. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the carer’s support grant by €150; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44038/25]
1888. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of a €10 increase in the household benefits package for gas and electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44051/25]
649. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection for the cost of increasing the Telephone Support Allowance by €1. [39260/25]
651. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the carer’s allowance weekly travel disregard by €1. [39263/25]
652. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the income disregards for the Jobseeker’s transitional payment by €1. [39264/25]
570. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing all core weekly social welfare payments by €1, in tabular form. [37454/25]
571. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the child support payment for those over 12 and those under 12, by €1, in tabular form. [37455/25]
572. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing child benefit by €1. [37456/25]
573. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the fuel allowance by €1. [37457/25]
574. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the living alone allowance by €1. [37458/25]
577. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the domiciliary care allowance by €1. [37461/25]
260. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of indexing the child support payment to 45% of the qualified adult payment for children under 12 and 55% for children over 12 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25057/25]
1025. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount each weekly social protection payment should be at to maintain their value compared to pre-pandemic levels (2019) in real, inflation-adjusted terms, in tabular form; the rates these should be at if indexed against employment earnings for the same period to restore the real value of core rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11…