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Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: The first point I would make about lone parents is that, notwithstanding very significant spending by the Government of which Deputy Martin was a member during the height of the boom, lone parents' risk of poverty was higher then than it is now. The Fianna Fáil-led Government refused to reform benefits for lone parents. John Downing was on radio in recent times recalling a discussion...

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: -----and, in particular, if Fianna Fáil is serious about addressing-----

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: -----the very real issues of poverty-----

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2015)

Joan Burton: If Fianna Fáil is serious about addressing the very real issues of poverty-----

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Joan Burton: -----among lone parents-----

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Joan Burton: -----it must actually-----

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Joan Burton: What did Deputy Stagg say? Deputy Stagg actually said-----

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Joan Burton: -----as recently as this morning in a local media outlet-----

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Joan Burton: -----that, in fact, the reform was a good reform. Now, second-----

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Joan Burton: -----in respect of Deputy O'Dea's question about child care, what we did was unique to Ireland.

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Joan Burton: We raised the age from five years-----

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Joan Burton: -----as it is in the UK-----

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Joan Burton: -----the North and most of Scandinavia-----

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Joan Burton: -----to seven years to make provision for the child to get settled in primary school in and around first class. What we also did-----

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Joan Burton: -----is that we brought in no requirement to work.

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Joan Burton: We established a transitional seven-year period-----

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Joan Burton: -----so that the requirement to work, similar to any jobseeker, arises only when the child is 14. So, we have actually brought in an extra nine-year transition period-----

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Joan Burton: -----compared to the recommendations of the OECD-----

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Joan Burton: If the Deputies are concerned about poverty and lone parents-----

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Joan Burton: -----they must agree, as Deputy Stagg does-----