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Budget 2017: Social welfare payments to rise €5 from next March
Christmas bonus to rise from 75% of weekly payment last year to 85% this Christmas
Single-parent families suffer worst rate of poverty
EU income survey says proportion at risk of poverty has grown since 2013, from 15.2% to 16.3% last year
Burton defends changes to welfare for lone parents
Tánaiste says highly criticised move will help people get back to employment or education
Pressure mounts on Joan Burton over lone parent reform
Government insists reforms will end poverty trap and improve access to education
Warning on distress over looming change to lone parent payment
Changes to One Parent Family Payment intended to activate recipients into labour market
Agencies say protocols must be issued to counsellors
Warning that women in crisis may not get appropriate services in time
Change sought to anomaly in adoption law
Lone-parent organisations and lawyers join call for changes to adoption legislation
Maternity benefit cut ‘anti-woman’ and ‘anti-family’
Women’s Council says cuts to benefits for older people to disproportionately affect women
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