Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 June 2026
400. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of qualified children associated with recipients of the working family payment, one-parent family payment, jobseeker’s transitional payment, and child support payments, in tabular form. [46769/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra401. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the most recent data on the number of recipient households of working family payment, one-parent family payment, jobseeker’s transitional payment, and the child support payment, by the number of qualified children in the household, in tabular form. [46770/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra402. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the most recent data on the number of children in respect of whom child benefit is paid where the parent or guardian is also in receipt of working family payment, one-parent family payment, jobseeker’s transitional payment and the child support payment, in tabular form. [46771/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 400, 401 and 402 together.
The table below outlines the total number of recipients, the number of supported children, the number who also received the Child Benefit Payment, and the household composition of supported children for May 2026. The Child Support Payment is not a standalone scheme, but is an additional payment amount for recipients of a social welfare payment with a child dependent.
For May 2026, there are 680,807 recipients of Child Benefit Payments with 1,267,030 beneficiary children. Child Benefit Payments cease when a young adult turns 19. Supported Child payments can remain in place until a young adult turns 22, if they remain in full-time education.
|
Schemes |
Working Family Payment* |
Jobseekers Transitional Payment |
One Parent Family Payment |
|
Recipients |
55,617 |
17,501 |
42,945 |
|
Supported Children |
109,884 |
29,293 |
82,465 |
|
1 Child |
22,578 |
8,886 |
18,141 |
|
2 Children |
18,847 |
6,144 |
14,730 |
|
3 Children |
9,381 |
1,908 |
6,841 |
|
4+ Children |
4,811 |
563 |
3,233 |
A child support payment is not payable on Working Family Payment. This refers to the number of children in families where Working Family Payment is in payment.
The number of children in respect of whom Child Benefit is paid, and their parent or guardian is also in receipt of Working Family Payment, Jobseekers Transitional Payment, or One Parent Family Payment, is set out below.
|
|
Working Family Payment |
Jobseekers Transitional Payment |
One Parent Family Payment |
|
Children |
99,130 |
28,201 |
80,676 |
