# lone parents
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This year
2024
Heather Humphreys
Social Protection Minister publishes Bill reforming child maintenance to benefit lone parents
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11.8k
Jan 25th 2024, 6:30 AM
lone parents
'Landmark' reforms to child maintenance system to benefit over 16,000 single parents
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19.2k
Jan 18th 2024, 7:13 AM
All time
Child Maintenance
Calls for dedicated State service to pursue parents who fail to pay child maintenance
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21.1k
Jul 31st 2022, 12:05 AM
Housing Crisis
Lone parents and their children account for more than half of all homeless families
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14.2k
Sep 14th 2021, 7:36 AM
Voices
Opinion: Single parents will be forced onto social welfare if childcare costs are not addressed
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20.3k
Oct 7th 2019, 8:30 PM
Voices
Opinion: Lone parents who work get up very early in the morning - but Varadkar doesn't represent us
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25.4k
Mar 9th 2019, 6:30 AM
Voices
Opinion: A virtual college changed my life and my family's future
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18.7k
Dec 14th 2018, 7:00 AM
budget 2019
Minister promises to take 'significant' action in the next Budget to pull thousands of children out of poverty
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16.9k
Jul 21st 2018, 7:30 AM
Social Welfare
Varadkar says lone parents can earn more under measure that kicks in today
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25.9k
Jan 5th 2017, 4:54 PM
FACTCHECK
FactCheck: Did the last government cut payments to lone parents?
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25.6k
Sep 27th 2016, 7:07 PM
bad decision
Labour TD accused of 'appalling duplicity' over stance on lone parent cuts
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18.2k
Jul 9th 2015, 2:55 PM
lone parents
Labour TD insists she wasn't suggesting parents bring their children to work
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27.5k
Jul 8th 2015, 5:05 PM
lone parents
Mary Lou and Joan just had ANOTHER showdown in the Dáil
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26.2k
Jun 30th 2015, 8:39 PM
flipping the bird
Mary Lou says Joan Burton is 'giving two fingers' to the public
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20.0k
Jun 25th 2015, 1:20 PM
Voices
Today, our Government will condemn thousands of children to even deeper levels of poverty
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283
Jun 25th 2015, 8:30 AM
Salary caps
Gerry to Enda: I'm trying to prick your 'golden circle' bubble
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12.5k
Feb 18th 2015, 1:14 PM
Voices
Opinion: Austerity cuts that directly affect women and children have been piled on by this government
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490
Dec 16th 2014, 8:00 AM
Voices
Opinion: Employees can still be discriminated against over their sexuality – this must end
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758
Sep 26th 2014, 8:00 AM
Vulnerable
Many one parent families struggle to cover the basics of food, housing and energy costs
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6.6k
Sep 23rd 2014, 8:49 AM
Voices
Column: Removal of One Parent Family Credit is to the detriment of children
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401
Jan 20th 2014, 7:00 AM
Voices
Column: We need to help lone parents into work and away from welfare dependency
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May 23rd 2013, 6:16 PM
food poverty
10 per cent of Irish population living in food poverty
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9.3k
Oct 16th 2012, 10:21 AM
Voices
Column: The social welfare bill - 'I wonder what this button does?'
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May 1st 2012, 6:06 PM
Single Parents
Charities say Social Welfare Bill will push one-parent families into poverty
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5.1k
Apr 18th 2012, 9:55 PM
Social Welfare
Changes to single parent payments proposed in Social Welfare bill
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10.8k
Apr 5th 2012, 1:11 PM