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# Single Parents

This year
2024
'Landmark' reforms to child maintenance system to benefit over 16,000 single parents
All time
Calls for dedicated State service to pursue parents who fail to pay child maintenance
Single dads at higher risk of premature death than single mothers or couples - study
This single mam dressed up as a 'dad' so her son didn't miss a fathers' day at school
This drama is shedding light on a big challenge Irish unmarried parents face
Separated father with joint custody wrongly granted single person rent allowance
Opinion: Employees can still be discriminated against over their sexuality – this must end
Senator Ivana Bacik
One-parent families hit by Budget tax changes
Column: The same-sex marriage debate shows ‘non-traditional’ families aren’t really accepted
Carol Redmond
Column: Discrimination of workers in state funded bodies should not be allowed anymore
Senator Ivana Bacik
Charities say Social Welfare Bill will push one-parent families into poverty
Changes to single parent payments proposed in Social Welfare bill
The Daily Fix: Saturday
GALLERY: Single parents protest at 'discriminatory' Budget cuts
23 per cent of Irish children live in a single-parent household
One-parent family allowances to be cut next month