Social Welfare Act 2022

Working family payment - increased income thresholds

10. (1) The Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 228:

“Working family payment

228. Subject to this Act, an allowance (in this Act referred to as ‘working family payment’) shall be payable out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas in respect of a family where the weekly family income is less than—

(a) in the case of a family which includes only 1 child, €591,

(b) in the case of a family which includes 2 children, €692,

(c) in the case of a family which includes 3 children, €793,

(d) in the case of a family which includes 4 children, €884,

(e) in the case of a family which includes 5 children, €1,010,

(f) in the case of a family which includes 6 children, €1,126,

(g) in the case of a family which includes 7 children, €1,262, or

(h) in the case of a family which includes 8 or more children, €1,358.”.

(2) This section comes into operation on 5 January 2023.