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

I will show the Minister the figures. The comparisons she makes are entirely dishonest. The real comparison is where were lone parents who were working 20 hours per week on minimum wage in 2012 before the Minister started her cuts and where will they be after July and, worse, after July 2017. In 2012, before the Minister cut the income disregard, a lone parent with one child working 20 hours per week received €481, including FIS. Prior to the July cuts the Minister is planning, it had decreased to €453. After July, it will decrease to €402.60 and after July 2017, it will decrease to €372. It is a cumulative loss for a working person of €109. This does not take into account the loss of the rent allowance the person will suffer or the fact that FIS is calculated against rent allowance, another sneaky cut the Minister has brought in.

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