Children’s allowance not a savings plan

So Irish parents think they have it bad when it comes to childcare?
Children’s allowance not a savings plan
Sat, 20 Feb, 2016 - 00:00
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How is it, then, that so many of them save child allowance for the future?

Isn’t this payment meant to be spent in the present?

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