378. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the impact of recent legislative changes affecting recipients of one-parent family payment as in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who stands to lose their one-parent family payment which will leave them with a low paid part-time job that is below the basic rate of social welfare meaning their only option will be to give up their employment and sign on for jobseeker's allowance; if there is any mechanism in her Department to review the impact of what are ostensibly activation measures that in fact have the opposite effect and result in the withdrawal of persons from the workforce and make them even more dependent on welfare; if she will instruct her Department to examine all possible ways in which the person may be able to retain their employment and receive income support from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30667/13]

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378. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the impact of recent legislative changes affecting recipients of one-parent family payment as in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who stands to lose their one-parent family payment which will leave them with a low paid part-time job that is below the basic rate of social welfare meaning their only option will be to give up their employment and sign on for jobseeker's allowance; if there is any mechanism in her Department to review the impact of what are ostensibly activation measures that in fact have the opposite effect and result in the withdrawal of persons from the workforce and make them even more dependent on welfare; if she will instruct her Department to examine all possible ways in which the person may be able to retain their employment and receive income support from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30667/13]

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