Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 section 229

Rate of supplement

Section 229 sets out how the weekly rate of working family payment is calculated, based on the shortfall between a family's income and the applicable income threshold.

• The weekly rate of working family payment is 60% of the difference between the family's actual weekly income and the relevant income limit set under section 228.
• Any fractional euro in the calculated rate is rounded up to the next full euro.
• A prescribed minimum rate applies — if the calculated amount falls below this floor, the payment is made at the prescribed minimum instead.
• The section was amended by the Social Welfare Act 2017 and the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2014.