Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

Some 410 recipients of the one parent family allowance are included in the jobs initiative programme. Of these, 395 will benefit from the transitional arrangements available under the one parent family payment scheme. There will be a loss but it will not be of the kind envisaged by those not in receipt of family income supplement. Take the case of single parents with one child who are in receipt of the one parent family payment. In 2002 they would have earned €374.50 per week. This will be reduced to €362.95, a variation of approximately €11.