Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the working family payment. [11562/18]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Working Family Payment is an in-work support which provides an income top-up for employees on low earnings with children and offers a financial incentive to take-up employment. Currently there are almost 57,700 families with more than 129,000 children in receipt of the WFP. The estimated spend on WFP this year is approximately €431 million.