Written answers
Tuesday, 30 January 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Working Family Payment Data
Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families claiming family income supplement in counties Westmeath and Longford in 2016 and 2017, by month, in tabular form. [4465/18]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Please see the following table for the number of recipients of Working Family Payment (formerly known as Family Income supplement) in Longford and Westmeath in 2016 and 2017, by month.
| # | Longford | Westmeath | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Recipients | ||||
| 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | |
| January | 706 | 788 | 1,212 | 1,250 |
| February | 731 | 772 | 1,211 | 1,251 |
| March | 736 | 764 | 1,218 | 1,242 |
| April | 745 | 757 | 1,224 | 1,229 |
| May | 754 | 771 | 1,210 | 1,243 |
| June | 746 | 768 | 1,222 | 1,261 |
| July | 742 | 783 | 1,204 | 1,272 |
| August | 754 | 777 | 1,192 | 1,285 |
| September | 755 | 786 | 1,189 | 1,277 |
| October | 754 | 790 | 1,215 | 1,262 |
| November | 785 | 796 | 1,221 | 1,269 |
| December | 801 | 795 | 1,246 | 1,311 |
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
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