Proposed Child Benefit cuts will catapult more one-parent families into poverty

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Children must pay for a celtic tiger they never saw One Family, the leading provider of specialist support services for one-parent families in Ireland , says that reports regarding the Government’s possible u-turn are very worrying. If child benefit payments are cut regardless of means this will increase already high rates of poverty in one-parent […]

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Budget will do nothing to reduce poverty in one-parent families

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Budget will do nothing to reduce poverty in one-parent families One Family, the leading provider of specialist support services for one-parent families in Ireland, says today’s Budget will do nothing to address already high rates of poverty in one-parent families. Such families currently have a poverty rate of more than four times the national average. One Family […]

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Lone Parents and Employment What are the Real Issues

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A new research report from One Family, the leading provider of specialist family support services to one-parent families in Ireland, was launched this morning by Mary Hanafin, Minister for Social and Family Affairs at a unique forum of social partners in Dublin. The report entitled: ‘Lone Parents and Employment: What are the Real Issues?’ is […]

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Recession worries increase calls to one-parent family helpline

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A leading national support organisation for one-parent families, One Family, has experienced an influx of calls to its helpline as the recession deepens.  With escalating calls on social welfare entitlements and redundancy, One Family has launched an advertising campaign to alert lone parents to the availability of the organisations helpline. The askonefamily National Helpline for […]

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Budget 2009 must not neglect Ireland’s most vulnerable families

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One Family, the leading provider of specialist support services for one-parent families in Ireland, today 19 September 2008 launched its Pre-Budget Submission 2009. At a time when cutbacks are inevitable One Family calls on the Government to ensure that those already experiencing high levels of poverty and social exclusion are not asked to also carry […]

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