John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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660. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if family income supplement will be approved for persons (details supplied). [10065/20]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Working Family Payment (WFP) is an income tested, in-work, family payment which provides additional financial support to employees on low earnings with children.In order to qualify for WFP, an applicant or the applicant and a spouse, partner or cohabitant must be engaged in fulltime remunerative employment as an employee for not less than 38 hours per fortnight.

To date, I am advised that an application for WFP has not been received by the Department from the persons (family) concerned.

An application-form (WFP 1) has been issued to the family concerned for completion. Alternatively a WFP application-form can be accessed @ www.gov.ie.

On receipt of a completed WFP application from the person(s) concerned, their application will be processed accordingly.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.