Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

On the Deputy's question regarding the legacy of poverty for lone parents, she is right about the position. While there have been significant levels of State spending on lone parents and improvements have been made to the one-parent family payment down the years, it is still the case that lone parents are considerably more at risk of consistent poverty than the population as a whole. It is against this backdrop-----

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