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Special needs assistant Linda O’ Sullivan. Picture: Tom Honan

Linda O’Sullivan, a lone parent and special needs assistant, said that budgets often overlook one-parent families — but the €500 lump sum payment to those on working family payments announced in Budget 2023 will be “a massive help”. 

In general, she said the budget is "quite positive", but the devil will be in the detail.