O Cuív accused of giving impoverished lone parents another good kicking

SOCIAL Protection Minister Eamon O Cuív says the reason for cutting the one parent allowance at 13 is to encourage “these parents into the workforce” (RTÉ News at One, May 30).

His remarks suggest he is stopping young girls having children to sponge off the state. This is beneath contempt.

This payment is made to widowed, divorced, separated, battered and other single parents.