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

Everyone acknowledges that those who are parenting alone would love to return to work or education, if at all possible. In this case, however, there is urgency. The decision was taken in budget 2013. Why has it taken so long for the officials of the Tánaiste's Department to respond? The Department is the reason these parents are now unable to access a maintenance grant on which they had been able to rely in continuing or starting in education and planning for their future.

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