How much do one parent families in Ireland get in social welfare and other benefits??

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Mother would require €120k salary to make amount she receives in State benefits - court hears

At Kilrush District Court, Judge Patrick Durcan calculated that mother of four, Mary Maughan receives €55,000 a year on various State benefits.
Addressing Ms Maughan, Judge Durcan said: "You receive around €55,000 a year in benefits and if you were paying tax and all of that, you would need an income of €120,000 a year."
In reply in the witness box, Ms Maughan said: "Probably."

Ms Maughan receives benefit payments concerning her own four children along with two other children she is guardian of.

Ms Godfrey said that Ms Maughan receives €358.20 in a weekly carer’s allowance; a weekly payment of €352 in a guardian payment along with Child benefit monthly payments of €840 and a monthly domiciliary care allowance of €309.
Ms Godfrey said that in addition, Ms Maughan receives €3,400 annually in a respite grant as she is the carer of two children who are not her own.
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Did you note that two of the payments this lady receives are Carers Allowance and Guardians Allowance? By caring for a permanently disabled child as well as children who are not her own she is saving the state a large amount of money as it costs a lot more to provide full time residential care for children than it does to pay the welfare allowances.

Carers and Guardians work for their payments, often with very little support.
 
I think the headline misleading somewhat. While perhaps factual, it implies the State is a soft touch for welfare payments.

Whereas the reality is, to do the job the woman is doing, with the necessary skills and supports, it could probably cost the State more than €120,000.
 
TheBigShort said:
I think the headline misleading somewhat. While perhaps factual, it implies the State is a soft touch for welfare payments.

Whereas the reality is, to do the job the woman is doing, with the necessary skills and supports, it could probably cost the State more than €120,000.
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How can people on hear who support FF/FG give out about the above . FF/FG took our tax and gave it to her .she did not rob it you know,

(She did say Probably looks like she cant understand why the people who pay this tax don't do something about it,

According to the judge she got 55K

The problem is the 65K which is taken in taxes,

The problem is FF/FG and the people who vote for them including my self,

For the last 40 years Before Every Election I hear FF/FG promising if elected they will cut taxes for there voters
After every election FF or FG finish up forming a Government so the 65K Question is FF /FG or the people who vote for them who are to blame,

FF/FG are the same party it is about time we opened a debate before the next election on which Party should survive .

We gave them a chance to form a government FF were more interested in the left vote than going into Government,

The best thing FF/FG could do before the 100th anniversary of the civil war is become one party again and do the country some service,If the don't we should do it for them seeing there total vote is just over 50%
 
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The problem for most people is that the alternative to FF/FG is worse so we keep voting for them.
 
Purple said:
The problem for most people is that the alternative to FF/FG is worse so we keep voting for them.
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FF and FG will not go into power together in case there supporters move over to SF this speaks for itself ,FF/FG/SF all the same support base look after the same people,

FF/FG Look after the same people as SF and screw the rest,

The public service thought Labour was looking after them until the Pension changes brought in 1995 started to kick in and the Trioka changes changed all that for ever, Labour were looking after the same group as FF/FG ,

A very Interesting Question is who is looking after the people like You and I who go/Went out to work every day not FF/FG/ by the look of things,
in your case for the last 20 years and in my own case 48 years,
 
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RETIRED2017 said:
FF and FG will not go into power together in case there supporters move over to SF this speaks for itself ,FF/FG/SF all the same support base look after the same people,

FF/FG Look after the same people as SF and screw the rest,
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FF/FG look after a much broader group of people than the Shinners. SF are a populist pseudo-socialist party who target the resentful/ jealous/ economically illiterate etc. FF look after many of the same people and are unashamedly populist but not to the same extent as the Shinners. FF/FG also don't have a terrorist wing and don't have a bunch of former terrorists pulling the strings in the background.

RETIRED2017 said:
The public service thought Labour was looking after them until the Pension changes brought in 1995 started to kick in and the Trioka changes changed all that for ever, Labour were looking after the same group as FF/FG ,
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Nobody bought/ looked after the Public Sector like FF during the Socialist Partnership years when an un-elected politburo of vested interest groups ran the country.

RETIRED2017 said:
A very Interesting Question is who is looking after the people like You and I who go/Went out to work every day not FF/FG/ by the look of things,
in your case for the last 20 years and in my own case 48 years,
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In my case for the last 27 years (30 if you include part time work while still in school), but the PD's where the closest thing to a part for working people (as opposed to people who don't work but call themselves working class).
 
In my case for the last 27 years (30 if you include part time work while still in school), but the PD's where the closest thing to a part for working people (as opposed to people who don't work but call themselves working class).[/QUOTE]

I would agree The problem with the PD party at the time was it was set up because of a split in the FF party over who would be leader of FF
I suspect IF the leader of the PD became leader of FF he would not have made any changes to FF,
I remember when a single person on the average industrial wage would finish up paying 68 pence in the pound if they did any overtime + social Insurance

I voted for the PD at there first election the person I voted for did not get elected I actually met this person a few months ago her take on it was the PD at the top were FF to the bone she said if you want to understand why the PD died away take a look at the first change of leader ,
 
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