Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for their working family payment to be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56624/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Working Family Payment (WFP) is an in-work weekly payment which provides additional income support to employees on low earnings with children. 

An application for WFP was received from that individual on 31st August 2022.  Further information was requested by the Department.  On receipt of the information, a Deciding Officer reviewed the application.  The claim was then further delayed as the person concerned had an open Illness Benefit claim.

Working Family Payment and Illness Benefit may only be claimed simultaneously in limited circumstances.  When the Illness Benefit claim was closed, the WFP claim was awarded at a rate of €270.00 per week from 29th September 2022 to 27th September 2023.  The person concerned has been advised of their award in writing and arrears have issued to their nominated bank account.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.