Written answers

Tuesday, 24 May 2022

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Social Welfare Payments

Photo of Pádraig Mac LochlainnPádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that an application for working family payment was disallowed for a person in County Donegal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26398/22]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, 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 have a qualified child and be engaged in full-time paid employment as an employee for not less than 38 hours per fortnight.

A Working Family Payment application for the person concerned was received on 12/04/2022, along with the March pay slip for the person concerned. From the information provided and our records at this time, the person concerned did not meet the condition of being in employment for a minimum of 38 hours per fortnight and the claim was disallowed.

However, the person concerned has since provided a pay slip for the month of April. This pay slip now shows that the person concerned has met the condition of being in employment for a minimum of 38 hours per fortnight and the claim has now been awarded from the period 12/04/2022 at the weekly rate of €187.00. Any arrears due to the person concerned have been issued.

I trust this clarifies the matter.

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