John Brady
Question:216. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the working family payment. [37821/19]
View answerWednesday, 18 September 2019
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Working Family Payment (WFP) is a weekly in-work payment which provides additional income support to employees on low earnings with children relative to their family size. WFP is designed to prevent in-work poverty for low paid workers with child dependents and to offer a financial incentive to take up employment.
There are currently 52,074 persons (families) in receipt of WFP.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.