Written answers
Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Working Family Payment Data
Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of members of the Defence Forces that are receiving working family payments; the overall annual cost of these payments to members of the Defence Forces; the largest sum paid to a member of the Defence Forces in the past year for which figures are available; and the average sum paid. [41384/18]
Regina 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. WFP is designed to prevent in-work poverty for low paid workers with child dependents and to offer a financial incentive to take up employment.
The figures for Defence Force members in receipt of WFP are as follows:
| Working Family Payments | - |
|---|---|
| Number of Defence Force members currently in receipt of WFP: | 90 |
| Overall annual expenditure on WFP paid to Defence Force Members: | €334,360.00 |
| Largest sum paid to a Defence Force member during past year: | €217.00 (p/w) |
| Average WFP sum paid to Defence Force members: | €71.44 (p/w) |
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy
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