Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The phased reduction over a period of three years of the back-to-work family dividend will mean a progressive reduction in the overall income of lone parents who work more than 19 hours, and in the third year the payment will disappear altogether. It defies my understanding as to how this is an incentive for people to get back to work if they will lose out and their income will fall.