department of social and family affairs annual report 2006 - Welfare.ie

Appendix 2: Summary Of DSFA Budget Package 2007
COST
First Year Full Year
m m
Delivering Income Support 940.85 940.85
Children 209.23 243.70
Pensioners 38.16 38.40
Energy 35.65 35.65
Carers 63.05 107.52
Working Age 15.65 21.04
People with Disabilities 16.48 16.90
Miscellaneous 2.75 2.25
Total 1,321.82 1,406.31
DETAILS OF DSFA BUDGET PACKAGE 2007
Proposal
COST
First Year Full Year
1. Income Support m m
Personal Rates of Payment
€16 increase in the personal rate of payment for all contributory
pensioners aged 66 or over (65 in the case of Invalidity Pension); €18
increase in the personal rate of payment for all State Pension
(Non-Contributory) recipients; €19.10 increase in the personal rate of
Death Benefit Pension aged under 66; €20 increase in the personal rate of
lower payments. See Section 5 for increases for carers. Proportionate increases
for all persons in receipt of reduced rates.[January 2007]
IQA Rates of Payment
€14.30 per week Increase for Invalidity Pension QAs aged under 65; €10.70
per week Increase for State Pension (Contributory) and State Pension
(Transition) QAs aged under 66; €11.90 per week Increase for State Pension
(Non-Contributory) QAs and a €13.30 per week Increase for all other QAs.
Proportionate increases for all persons in receipt of reduced rates. See
Section 3 for Increases for State Pension (Contributory), State Pension
(Transition) and Invalidity Pension QAs aged 65. [January 2007]
Maternity and Adoptive Benefits
€25.20 per week increase in the minimum rate of Maternity and
Adoptive Benefit from €182.60 to €207.80 per week. [January 2007]
940.85 940.85
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