Alliance lists 10 measures to protect lone parents from pandemic's 'disproportionate' impact

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.

A newly established National One Parent Family Alliance (NOPFA) has written to three Government Ministers asking for urgent measures to protect lone parents and their children from being "disproportionately" impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The new group, made up of organisations including Barnardos, Focus Ireland, FLAC, the Children's Rights Alliance and others, welcomed some existing measures introduced by government but said more would be needed because of the heightened risk of poverty and deprivation.