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‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Farmers' Social Welfare Allowances. Savings from increased farmer multipliers
Summary
The revised multipliers are expected to save £2.5 million in 1979, offset by £2.34 million in increased assistance rates, for a net saving of £160,000.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare the amount of money which the Government will save by the recently announced increased multiplier for farmers who receive unemployment assistance.
Comment on this
The savings on the revised multipliers are estimated to be £2.5 million in 1979, and the cost in 1979 of the 12 per cent budget increases in rates of unemployment assistance to farmers is estimated at £2.34 million. The difference of £160,000 represents the estimated net saving to the Exchequer.