One more cut and we’re gone, says lone-parent group

IN various forms the Parents Alone Support Services (PASS) community development project has been assisting lone parents in the Finglas area of north Dublin since 1994.

Run on an annual budget of about €120,000 the project employs two part-time and one full-time community workers, dealing with over 500 inquiries a year, of which around 10% become long-term cases.

PASS is a “targeted” community development project (CDP) aimed at a particular category of people, lone parents, rather than an area. Project worker John O’Neill said: “We advocate on the clients’ behalf with bodies such as the local authority on housing, HSE on rent allowance etc.