Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)
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290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to revise the income limits for eligibility for the working family payment. [39810/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Working Family Payment (WFP) is a weekly in-work support which provides an income top-up for employees on low earnings with children. To qualify for Working Family Payment, a person must have at least one qualified child who normally resides with them and be working a minimum of 38 hours per fortnight in ongoing insurable employment.

Budget 2025 included an increase, from January 2025, in the income thresholds for all family sizes by €60. This will see an increase in payment across all awarded claims while also increasing the income qualification thresholds for claimants.

A €400 cost of living lump sum payment to all WFP recipients was also announced in Budget 2025 which will be paid in November 2024.

The easiest and fastest way for customers to make an application for Working Family Payment is online via mywelfare.ie

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.