Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Chairman may direct me if I am under the wrong heading. The Minister said that €363 million has been allocated to the working family payment. I presume the Department has modelled the projected demand for that. There has been significant expansion of the thresholds. Are all of those who are entitled to this payment aware of it, applying for it and receiving it, or is there an information gap? Is there a large cohort of families who may well be eligible, particularly under the expanded criteria, who may not know that and may not have applied?