Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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If a carer is looking after adults, not children, he or she will lose €86. The Minister said they will look at that but the point was made whether that could be addressed with the family income supplement, FIS, and other payments. The response was that they no longer do two payments. Is that true? Is it not the case that there are groups that do get two payments? Widows and widowers, State contributory pensioners and deserted wives get double payments because there is an acknowledgement that there are specific circumstances that require double payments. The point lone parents are making is that there are specific reasons they need extra supports.