Dáil debates

Wednesday, 24 June 2015

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions

One-Parent Family Payments

9:50 am

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

3. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of lone parents currently working part-time who are on rent allowance; the provision that has been made for them to ensure they benefit from increasing their hours of work in view of the loss of the one parent family payment and the fact that 75% of any additional income over €75 of earnings will be deducted from their rent allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24847/15]

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