627. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that working lone parents who are employed for over 30 hours a week and subsequently lose their rent supplement but may still qualify for working family payment are increasingly falling deeper into poverty as a result of the loss of help with spiralling rents; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that escalating rents, energy, fuel and food costs are pushing lone parents into dire and distressing situations; her plans to alleviate the financial burden on these parents during these difficult times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14706/22]

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627. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that working lone parents who are employed for over 30 hours a week and subsequently lose their rent supplement but may still qualify for working family payment are increasingly falling deeper into poverty as a result of the loss of help with spiralling rents; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that escalating rents, energy, fuel and food costs are pushing lone parents into dire and distressing situations; her plans to alleviate the financial burden on these parents during these difficult times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14706/22]

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