Seán Sherlock
Question:612. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of introducing an autumn bonus across all social welfare payments. [37313/22]
View answerTuesday, 12 July 2022
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The estimated cost of introducing an autumn bonus across all social welfare payments, based on a double week's payment, is in the region of €313 million. This is based on the cost of last year's Christmas Bonus and assumes qualifying criteria remains the same.
The costing is subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients.