Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

When taxes, the universal social charge and whatever else applies are deducted from the income of a teacher who is at the tenth point on the scale, the net figure is very close to the income of a lone parent or couple who are on €300 a week, and are receiving a top-up of another €300 in terms of the family income supplement if they get the back to work dividend. I think it is important for people to know how good a subsidy the family income supplement is. My question arises from what some of the other members have said. Having looked at this, I understand that some people who are currently on family income supplement will actually gain after they have lost their one-parent family payment. Now it might not be a huge gain. I will give an example because I want to see if I am right. If a person loses his or her one-parent family payment of €100 but is compensated for 60% of that, he or she will keep €60 and lose €40-----