Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 January 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Social Enterprise in Ireland: Discussion

1:40 pm

Photo of Fidelma Healy EamesFidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael)
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We need to hear a little more about working lone parents. If we take the case of a lone parent who manages a family and works but who is disadvantaged as a result of that, such treatment is a clear breach of the principle of equality. How are disabled people and the self-employed who have lost their businesses faring?

I thank the witnesses for attending. It would be good to get this on a very firm footing.