Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 September 2022
393. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of family income supplement and working family payment in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [45943/22]
View answerWorking Family Payment (WFP) is a weekly tax-free payment for employees with children. It supports people who are on low pay. To qualify for WFP, a claimant must have at least one child who normally lives with them and who they support financially. The child must be under 18 (or between 18 and 22 if they are in full-time day education). WFP was formerly known as Family Income Supplement.
As of August 2022 there were 48,466 recipients of WFP. The table beneath outlines the number of recipients of WFP as of 31st December each year from 2016 to 2021.
Table: recipients of WFP at 31 December
|
Year |
Recipients |
|
2016 |
57,567 |
|
2017 |
57,745 |
|
2018 |
54,116 |
|
2019 |
53,104 |
|
2020 |
48,188 |
|
2021 |
45,365 |
