Written answers

Tuesday, 25 September 2018

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Working Family Payment Payments

Photo of Pat BreenPat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38504/18]

Photo of Regina DohertyRegina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Working Family Payment (WFP) is a weekly tax-free payment which provides additional income support to employees on low earnings with children.

To qualify for WFP a person must be engaged in full time remunerative employment as an employee for a minimum of 38 hours per fortnight (or 19 hours per week). It is also possible to combine hours worked with a spouse, civil partner or cohabitant to satisfy this condition.

An application for WFP was received from the person concerned on 12th September 2018.

The applicant has been awarded WFP with effect from 05th July 2018 to 29th August 2018. The award period is effective to 29th August 2018 only as the applicant is no longer engaged in full-time remunerative employment. The person concerned is currently in receipt of maximum rate Jobseeker's Benefit (JB) with effect from 30th August 2018. (WFP is not payable with JB)

The total WFP payment owing will issue shortly to the applicant's nominated bank account as arrears.

The person concerned was notified on 21st September 2018 of this decision and of their right of review and appeal.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

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