Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 November 2023

Select Committee on Social Protection

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage

Photo of Donnchadh Ó LaoghaireDonnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have never understood precisely what those policy objectives are. Are we saying that when the child reaches the age of seven, the parent should be in a position to move to full-time work? Is that basically the policy objective rather than for part time work? The Minister refers to the generality of families but I am focusing specifically on one-parent families.

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