One-Parent Family Helpline Calls Increase by 30% in 2014

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Press Release One-Parent Family Helpline Calls Increase by 30% in 2014 Families Just One Bill Away from Disaster www.onefamily.ie (Dublin, Monday 22 December 2014) One Family – Ireland’s organisation for people parenting alone and sharing parenting – has recorded a staggering 30% increase in first time callers to its askonefamily helpline to date in 2014, with […]

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Planned Income Disregard Cuts Will Not Be Implemented

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Press Release Small Step to Make Work Pay: One-Parent Family Payment and Income Disregard www.onefamily.ie (Dublin, Wednesday 5 November 2014) One Family – Ireland’s organisation for people parenting alone and sharing parenting – welcomes Tánaiste Joan Burton’s announcement that she will retain the level of the income disregard at €90 for those parents in work and […]

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Our New Specialist Services for Separating Families Announced in National Parents Week

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Press Release Separating Families in Dire Need of Supports New Specialist Services Launched by One Family to Meet Demand www.onefamily.ie (Dublin, Monday 20 October 2014) One Family – Ireland’s organisation for people parenting alone and sharing parenting – launches its Positive Parenting for Changing Families programme at a Seminar in Dublin Castle tomorrow, Tuesday 21 […]

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Government Promised to Make Work Pay but Budget 2015 Will Push More Vulnerable Families Out of Work

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Press Release  Government Promised to Make Work Pay But Budget 2015 Will Push More Vulnerable Families Out of Work www.onefamily.ie (Dublin, Tuesday 14 October 2014) One Family – Ireland’s organisation for people parenting alone and sharing parenting – today responds to Budget 2015 acknowledging the small increase in the universal child benefit and the partial […]

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Government Policies Push More One-Parent Families Out of Work and Into Poverty

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Press Release Government policies push more one-parent families out of work and into poverty – One Family Annual Review 2013 www.onefamily.ie (Dublin, Monday 29 September 2014) One Family – Ireland’s organisation for people parenting alone and people sharing parenting – launches its Annual Review 2013 amid ongoing trends of embattled parents leaving work due to poorly […]

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