Written answers

Wednesday, 26 July 2017

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Family Income Supplement Data

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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1545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of beneficiaries and the spending on the family income supplement scheme in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form. [36061/17]

Photo of Regina DohertyRegina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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At the end of June 2017, there were 57,050 families in receipt of Family Income Supplement (FIS). The estimated expenditure for FIS for 2017 is €422.5m. The expenditure to the end of June 2017 was €232.1m.

The following table sets out the number of beneficiaries and the spending on the family income supplement scheme in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017:

Family Income Supplement (FIS)

YearExpenditure € millionRecipients - Families
2012223.632,307
2013261.844,159
2014297.950,306
2015367.955,913
2016415.457,567
2017232.157,050

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

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