Róisín Shortall
Ceist:141 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs the cost to the State in 1998 of all family income supplement payments; and the number of families who received payment. [6470/99]
Written Answers. - Social Welfare Benefits.
The estimated cost to the Exchequer of family income supplement payments in 1998 was £28.7 million and the number of families in receipt of such payments at the end of December 1998 was 13,143.