Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a working family payment claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [18097/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Working Family Payment (WFP) is an in-work, family payment which provides additional income support to employees on low earnings with children.  In order to qualify for WFP, an applicant or the applicant and their spouse, partner, or cohabitant must be engaged in full-time remunerative employment as an employee for not less than 38 hours per fortnight.

An application for WFP was received from the family/person concerned (spouse) on 29 April 2020.

The family concerned were awarded WFP for 52 weeks, with effect from 28 May 2020 to 26 May 2021.  The WFP application could not be awarded until the 28 May 2020 as the customer's spouse was in receipt of Carer's Allowance until the 27 May 2020. This was at the request of the customer. The first payment and all arrears owing were issued to their selected financial account on 18 June 2020.  All subsequent payments have been issued on a fortnightly basis to date.

The person (family) concerned were notified of this decision on 7 May 2020, and of the right of review and appeal.

I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.