Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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194. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of families in Dublin whose one-parent family payment will be reduced in July 2015; and if she will provide details per post code. [21560/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The phased one-parent family payment scheme age change reforms were introduced in the Social Welfare and Pensions Act, 2012. The purpose of these reforms is to reduce long-term social welfare dependency by ending the expectation that lone parents will remain outside of the workforce indefinitely.

These reforms aim to provide the necessary supports to lone parents to help them to access the Department's range of education, training, and employment programmes, to develop their skills set and, ultimately, to secure employment and financial independence.

The reforms have been ongoing since 2013 and the final phase of the one-parent family payment scheme age change reforms will be taking place on 2 July, 2015.

On that date, approximately 29,400 people will make the transition from the one parent family payment scheme throughout the entire country.

The breakdown of the number of recipients who will exit from the Dublin area or by post code is not available in this format.