Fianna Fáil: In-work support the same despite joblessness falls

Fianna Fáil says that, in spite of the Government’s claim of a “jobs bonanza”, more and more people are having to seek a living in low-paid employment.

The party’s jobs spokesman, Niall Collins, bases the claim on the fact that the same number of people receive Family Income Supplement (FIS) this year as last year “despite over three years of official unemployment rate drops”.

FIS is an in-work support that provides an income top-up for employees on low earnings with children. It is designed to prevent in-work poverty for low-paid workers with child dependents and to offer a financial incentive to take up employment.