Keep the lone parents payment until the children finish secondary school.
Joan Burton has introduced a scheme to take lone parents off the lone parents payment when the youngest child reaches 7 years of age. She describes this scheme as an initiative 'to encourage people back into the jobs market'.
The lone parents payment allows lone parents to work up to 19 hours per week without losing any benefits. Under the new scheme, the only people that will be affected are those that are already working part-time, in that they will have benefit cuts (described as means). This effectively shuts lone parents out of the part-time jobs market.
Please sign our petition to reverse the scheme and keep the lone parents payment until the children have finished secondary school. We will email it to every member of government.
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June 25, 2015
I am honestly overwhelmed by the momentum we have built together lately. This movement belongs to all of you who refuse to accept these changes and I am just humbled to be a part of it.
Reached 100 supporters
June 25, 2015
64 Comments
So unfair this new scheme does not encourage people to go back to work it dies the exact opposite. There just isn't enough 20 hour part time jobs to go round.
Lost my lone last year when my child reached 16 the nest 2 years of her life are the most expensive with going into leaving cert. It's a disgrace I work 2 part time jobs to make ends meet and the fis balance took 3 months to sort I'm now in debt .
I always worked but had to give up when I found it impossible to find someone to look after my autistic child. If i loose this payment, how am i gonna find a job that finishes in time for the school run. Its virtually impossible
I am a single parent to 3 children but I am lucky enough not to have to rely on lone parent payments. I think it's an absolute disgrace to penalise these people who are already struggling, as if the job they do isn't hard enough as it is, ye are making it even harder, really don't know how the government sleeps at night.
I am due to be cut off on the 25th June but plan on returning to full time education in September where on earth is this goin leave me with more costs and less money its a joke
We as lone parents need all the support we can get, not to be treated as if we don't matter...... not just a number we are individual parents bringing the next generation up.
Keep loan parents until children finish secondary school
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Keep the lone parents payment until the children finish secondary school.
Joan Burton has introduced a scheme to take lone parents off the lone parents payment when the youngest child reaches 7 years of age. She describes this scheme as an initiative 'to encourage people back into the jobs market'.
The lone parents payment allows lone parents to work up to 19 hours per week without losing any benefits. Under the new scheme, the only people that will be affected are those that are already working part-time, in that they will have benefit cuts (described as means). This effectively shuts lone parents out of the part-time jobs market.
Please sign our petition to reverse the scheme and keep the lone parents payment until the children have finished secondary school. We will email it to every member of government.
Updates
June 25, 2015
I am honestly overwhelmed by the momentum we have built together lately. This movement belongs to all of you who refuse to accept these changes and I am just humbled to be a part of it.
Reached 100 supporters
June 25, 2015
64 Comments
i loose for 4 kids.. thats food from their mouths .. €120 gone.. my shoppin would be €180/200 for me and my 5 kids.. so wrong
So unfair this new scheme does not encourage people to go back to work it dies the exact opposite. There just isn't enough 20 hour part time jobs to go round.
Lost my lone last year when my child reached 16 the nest 2 years of her life are the most expensive with going into leaving cert. It's a disgrace I work 2 part time jobs to make ends meet and the fis balance took 3 months to sort I'm now in debt .
I always worked but had to give up when I found it impossible to find someone to look after my autistic child. If i loose this payment, how am i gonna find a job that finishes in time for the school run. Its virtually impossible
I am a single parent to 3 children but I am lucky enough not to have to rely on lone parent payments. I think it's an absolute disgrace to penalise these people who are already struggling, as if the job they do isn't hard enough as it is, ye are making it even harder, really don't know how the government sleeps at night.
I am due to be cut off on the 25th June but plan on returning to full time education in September where on earth is this goin leave me with more costs and less money its a joke
We as lone parents need all the support we can get, not to be treated as if we don't matter...... not just a number we are individual parents bringing the next generation up.
Keep loan parents until children finish secondary school
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i loose for 4 kids.. thats food from their mouths .. €120 gone.. my shoppin would be €180/200 for me and my 5 kids.. so wrong