Dáil debates

Thursday, 5 March 2015

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions

One-Parent Family Payments

9:40 am

Photo of Aengus Ó SnodaighAengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

2. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that one of the consequences of her plans to lower the cut-off age for the one-parent family payment is that lone parents in full-time education will lose the maintenance portion of their Student Universal Support Ireland grant once their youngest child turns seven years old; if she has discussed this with the Department of Education and Skills; if she will suspend the planned lowering of the cut-off age for the payment in July 2015 until this issue is addressed and a system of affordable, accessible child care, something she had promised would be in place in advance of the cuts to the payment is in place. [9400/15]

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