Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment will issue pertaining to a working family payment application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10993/19]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Working Family Payment (WFP) is an in-work payment which provides additional income support to employees on low earnings with children. In order to qualify for WFP, an applicant must be engaged in full-time paid employment as an employee for not less than 38 hours per fortnight. WFP is not payable while an applicant is in receipt of Illness Benefit (IB) at the time of application.

An application for WFP was received from the person concerned on 24th August 2018. 

Their application was disallowed on 21 December 2018 as they were in receipt of IB and therefore did not satisfy the above employment condition.

However, following receipt of updated information from the person concerned, WFP was awarded with effect from 11 October 2018 to 09 October 2019.The first weekly payment and all arrears owing were issued to their nominated bank account on 28 February 2019. 

The person concerned was notified of this decision on 25 February 2019 and of their right of review and appeal.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.