New figures suggest families do relatively well in income terms but impacted by poorer services and high cost of living
The figures suggest that the one-parent families in Ireland are particularly dependent on social transfers, including direct Government supports, which are higher than European averages, but still struggle because of poorer public services and the high cost of living in the country.
“The vast majority – almost 90 per cent – of lone parent families are headed by women,” said National Women’s Council Director, Orla O’Connor “Due to the surplus available in Budget 2024, there is a unique opportunity to amend structural inequalities which affect women. One Family Ireland, formerly Cherish, puts the total number of one-parent families in the State at nearly 220,000, a quarter of all families with children. Some 90,000 involve a single adult, 50,000 one who is widowed and 70.000 involve separated adults.
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