Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

----- in particular younger lone parents, in, unfortunately, what might become welfare dependency. We have spent as a society billions extra on lone parents. That is important because they are at a greater risk of poverty than almost any other group. Yet, with all of that spending, notwithstanding additional spending made by the previous Government during the boom, the actual outcomes for lone parents and their children disimproved.

If the Deputy gives us the details, we will be happy to see if we can assist to help her constituent to increase her hours and make a very significant improvement in her income through the family income supplement.

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