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<p>Committee recommended a system for separating child maintenance from other maintenance payments be facilitated in the new laws, and that indirect payments made towards housing be excluded from any assessment of means.</p>

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Call to set up child maintenance agency to help families avoid court
Dáil committee said it 'also seeks to ensure that lone parents will no longer need to make efforts to seek maintenance to access social welfare payments'
<p>The National Further Education and Training Forum got input from some 2,000 learners on their experience of education during the pandemic. Stock picture</p>

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Remote learning proves challenging for marginalised groups 
<p>One Family director, Karen Kiernan, said: “When you are parenting alone, you are the primary caregiver and breadwinner for the family; the pressure is all on you." File photo.</p>

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Alliance lists 10 measures to protect lone parents from pandemic's 'disproportionate' impact
Payments to increase for pensioners and lone parents

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Payments to increase for pensioners and lone parents
Burton to meet lone parent groups on welfare changes

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Burton to meet lone parent groups on welfare changes
Protest calls for reversal of lone-parent payment cuts

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Protest calls for reversal of lone-parent payment cuts
Burton defends changes to lone-parent payments
Burton defends changes to lone-parent payments

Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton is defending changes to lone-parent payments.

Mon, 04 May, 2015

Burton urged to reverse imminent cuts to lone parents' grants
Burton urged to reverse imminent cuts to lone parents' grants

The Government is being urged to reverse planned changes to the the one-parent family support grant.

Mon, 04 May, 2015

Thousands of lone parents to get reprieve from cuts
Thousands of lone parents to get reprieve from cuts

Thousands of lone parents are set to get a reprieve from cuts to their support payments after a decision by T&aacute;naiste Joan Burton to exempt carers from the budget-saving measures.

Thu, 05 Mar, 2015

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