Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for a FIS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5146/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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In order to qualify for Family Income Supplement (FIS) the person concerned must be engaged in full-time remunerative employment as an employee for at least 38 hours per fortnight (19 hours per week).

Also, the weekly family income must be below the set income limit for the family size which is based on the number of qualified children in the family.

Entitlement to FIS can only be determined on receipt of a completed application form. FIS is payable from the first Thursday after FIS Section receives the application form.

An application form will be issued to the person concerned today and when it is returned, the claim will be processed.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.