Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 July 2015
184. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding social welfare payment options for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28429/15]
View answerSimilar to family income supplement (FIS), the back to work family dividend (BTWFD) scheme is an in-work payment. It is a financial support to former jobseeker and one-parent family payment (OFP) scheme recipients with children who have ended their claim and who are in or take up employment or self-employment. The BTWFD can however be paid in addition to a FIS payment.
Payment by electronic fund transfer (EFT) into a bank account was chosen as the preferred payment method for the BTWFD scheme. No changes have been made to the payment methods of those who continue to receive jobseekers or one-parent family payment.
The person identified by the Deputy in his question has always had her FIS claim paid into a bank account and continues to do so.
