Written answers
Tuesday, 27 November 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Working Family Payment Data
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in each county in receipt of the working family payment in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49128/18]
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 number of households currently in receipt of WFP in each county is as follows:
County | WFP Recipients |
---|---|
Dublin | 12,465 |
Cork | 5,484 |
Donegal | 2,705 |
Galway | 2,452 |
Kildare | 2,311 |
Limerick | 2,296 |
Wexford | 2,259 |
Meath | 2,090 |
Louth | 2,048 |
Tipperary | 2,006 |
Waterford | 1,755 |
Kerry | 1,690 |
Mayo | 1,499 |
Wicklow | 1,322 |
Cavan | 1,252 |
Clare | 1,173 |
Westmeath | 1,157 |
Laois | 1,032 |
Monaghan | 1,030 |
Offaly | 1,011 |
Kilkenny | 941 |
Carlow | 932 |
Longford | 758 |
Roscommon | 737 |
Sligo | 719 |
Leitrim | 385 |
Down | 41 |
Fermanagh | 24 |
Derry | 18 |
Armagh | 16 |
Tyrone | 15 |
Antrim | 2 |
Grand Total53625
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