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Updated: 17:27, Monday, 31 May 2010
Minister for Social Protection Éamon Ó Cuív has defended controversial new proposals to change the one-parent family payment.
Currently, the payment provides long-term income support to a lone parent until their youngest child is 18, or 22 if in full-time education.
Under the proposed legislation, from 2011, new applicants for the payment will receive it until their youngest child reaches 13.
Speaking on RTÉ Radio, Minister Ó Cuív said the legislation was aimed at encouraging lone parents to return to the workplace, and that, for most parents, it would not take effect for a number of years.
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