Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 August 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
School Facilities and Costs: Discussion (Resumed)
9:30 am
Ms Mary McDermott:
I will close by referring to the clear and present inequality created by the fact that the income threshold for a couple with one child applying for the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance is €587.80, while it is €425.10 for a lone-parent family. Like the working family payment, it is deeply inequitable.
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