One Family asks Mins, TDs and Senators to reflect on Budget 2013 impacts

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One Family recommends Ministers, TDs, Senators and the architects of Budget 2013 reflect on its impacts One Family, Ireland’s leading organisation for one-parent families, overviews the potential impacts of Budget 2013.  Karen Kiernan, Director of One Family offers her insight, ‘Household income for lone parents is squeezed once again with 1 in 5 poor children […]

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“It’s not fair and it’s lazy social policy”

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Lone Parents: being asked to make more sacrifices, rather than those with broader shoulders One Family, Ireland’s leading organisation for one-parent families expresses their reaction to Budget 2013, ‘We’re looking for tailored help for families with children struggling to make ends meet as living costs rise” explains Stuart Duffin, Welfare to Work Manager. He continues, […]

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Don’t place the burden of the Budget 2013 on the shoulders of children and one-parent families

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One Family, Ireland’s leading organisation for one-parent families, calls on Government not to place the burden of the budget on the shoulders of children and one-parent families. ‘Children don’t have the broadest shoulders in our society, and yet again they are carrying the weight of the budget’ says Stuart Duffin, One Family Welfare to Work […]

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One Family supports Yes Vote Call with Children’s Rights Alliance

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Parents’ Organisations Slam Misinformation on Children’s Referendum Mainstream parents’ organisations slam misinformation relating to the Children’s Referendum in Dublin today.  Urging all parents to vote YES in the Children’s Referendum on Saturday 10 November 2012, six parents’ organisations have come together to set the record straight. Chaired by Áine Lynch of the National Parents Council  […]

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No More Punishment for one-parent families

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No More Punishment for one-parent families – Smart Steps to equity in Budget 2013 Media Release, Thursday 11 October 2012 Launching their solution-focused  plan to ensure income security for lone parents, Karen Kiernan, Director of One Family, Ireland’s leading organisation for one-parent families says ‘There can be absolutely no more cuts or changes aimed at […]

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