Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 section 231

Person to whom supplement is payable

Section 231 determines which family member receives the Working Family Payment where one or both adults are in full-time employment.

• The Working Family Payment is paid to the adult family member who is in remunerative full-time employment as an employee.
• A child cannot be the recipient of the payment, even if they are working.
• Where two adult family members are both in full-time employment, the payment goes to whichever of them has the higher weekly income as calculated for Working Family Payment purposes.
• The comparison is based on each member's share of the total weekly family income, using the Working Family Payment calculation method.