Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

Will the Tánaiste reverse the cuts for single parents whose children are over seven years of age or acknowledge that the promise she made in 2012 to introduce such measures only if Scandinavian-style child care services were available has been broken? Will she acknowledge that the cuts will increase poverty among lone parents, 63% of whom are living in deprivation? Does she believe that, unlike other children in the State, their children who are over seven years of age can look after themselves?

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