Michael Moynihan
Question:417. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in each county that will receive a €500 lump sum working family payment, in tabular form. [56752/22]
View answerTuesday, 15 November 2022
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The Working Family Payment (WFP) is a weekly tax-free payment for employees with children which supports people in low paid employment. The 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.
It is a targeted measure that is directly linked to household income and therefore directly supports low-income working families. There are approximately 45,000 families with 100,000 children who are currently in receipt of WFP.
Budget 2023 included the provision of a once off €500 cost of living lump sum payment to all WFP recipients and is due to be paid on the 17th November.
The department is not in a position to collate the requested data of the number of persons in each county that will receive the €500 WFP cost of living lump sum payment in tabular form, while this process is ongoing.
Detailed information on scheme recipients, including recipients by county, are published each year by my Department in the Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services, which is available at gov.ie/dsp/statistics. The Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services in respect of 2022 will be published in 2023.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.