Róisín Shortall
Question:50. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the total number of family income support recipients in each of the past ten years. [19050/15]
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The family income supplement (FIS) is designed to provide support for employees, with families, who have low earnings. The numbers in receipt of FIS over the last 10 years is given in the following table.
Family Income Supplement since 2005:
|
Year |
Families |
Children |
|
2005 |
17,448 |
33,956 |
|
2006 |
21,800 |
43,861 |
|
2007 |
22,823 |
47,529 |
|
2008 |
27,798 |
58,019 |
|
2009 |
25,963 |
55,716 |
|
2010 |
28,223 |
62,240 |
|
2011 |
28,876 |
65,281 |
|
2012 |
32,307 |
73,238 |
|
2013 |
44,159 |
97,858 |
|
2014 |
50,306 |
111,583 |