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# Poverty
'Left with €15 after bills': The week-to-week struggle of a single parent in Ireland
36-year-old Mairead was forced to give up her job following the reform of the One Parent Family Payment.
Voices
There is no easy way to escape poverty as a single parent
A reader explains why education alone is not enough to gain financial security.
# single parent
Woman awarded €5,000 for not being allowed to do JobBridge internship
She was excluded from joining the scheme because she was in receipt of a one-parent family benefit.
# Social Welfare
€669 million saved through social welfare control measures in 2012
Jobseeker’s benefit was the only payment that had a lower rate of suspected fraud than departmental error.
# readers panel
Readers’ Panel: Single parent
Fenella Samways felt “truly horrified” by today’s Budget, feeling that those who can least afford to pay have been hit hardest once again.
# Budget 2013
Readers' Panel Part Two: What are you expecting from the Budget?
We spoke to some readers about their hopes and fears ahead of today’s budget. Here’s what they had to say, in their own words.
# life swap
Lone parent to ‘swap lives’ with senator
Single mother Andrea Galgey and Senator John Gilroy will see how the other side lives for a new project.
# Leaders' Questions
Tánaiste defensive as government accused of being 'outrageously deceptive'
Micheál Martin led criticism of the government over changes to the one-parent allowance during Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil this morning.
# Single Parents
23 per cent of Irish children live in a single-parent household
The figures from a European survey show that 23.2 per cent of Irish children lived with one parent, while 67.8 per cent lived with married parents.