Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 July 2017
1588. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take following the report by her Department on lone parents and the impact that changes to the one parent family payment had on lone parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36597/17]
View answerThe review of the changes to the One-Parent Family Payment, which was agreed during the passage of the Social Welfare Act 2016, is currently well underway and is due to be completed in the coming weeks.
When I receive the report I will examine and consider its contents, including the detailed analysis, that the changes have had on lone parents from a financial, poverty, social and welfare dependency perspectives.
I anticipate that the report will be of assistance to my Department in considering lone parent policy in the future.
