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The current One-Parent Family payment provides long term income support to a lone parent, until their youngest child is 18 years, or 22 years old if in full-time education. The Government believes that this long-term welfare dependency is not in the best interests of the recipient, the child and society in general. For new customers applying for the One-Parent Family payment from April 2011, it is proposed that the payment will be made to them until the youngest child reaches age 13 years. (If however the customer is in receipt of a Domiciliary Care Allowance for that child, the One-Parent Family payment will continue until the child reaches 16 years of age and claims Disability Allowance in their own right). The vast majority of new customers for the One-Parent Family payment are parents of new born babies; therefore the changes in the payment from April 2011 will not affect them until 2024. There is also a special provision for both married and co-habiting persons who are recently bereaved and who have children aged 13 years or older. They will continue to receive the payment for up to 2 years or until their child is 18 years old to enable them to come to terms with their changed circumstances. For existing customers of the One-Parent Family payment, there will be a tapered six year phasing out period to enable them to access education and training, to help prepare them for their return to the labour market. Therefore, the age 13 cut off point will only come in to effect for existing customers, six years from now which is 2016. For existing customers, the age 18 cut off point will remain for 2011 and 2012. In 2013 it will be 17 years, in 2014, 16 years, in 2015, 15 years and in 2016, 13 years. If the child is in full time education there is also a special provision for existing One-Parent Family payment recipients. In this case, payment will continue until the end of the 2012 – 2013 academic year or until the child reaches age 22 - whichever is the earlier. These changes will bring Ireland's support for lone parents more into line with international provisions, where there is a general movement away from long-term and passive income support. The EU countries achieving the best outcomes in terms of tackling child poverty are those that are combining strategies aimed at facilitating access to employment and enabling services (e.g. child care) with income support. ENDS
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Is leanbh ábhartha é leanbh: - atá faoi bhun 7 mbliana d’aois, - a bhfuil gnáthchónaí air nó uirthi sa Stát, agus - a ndéanann tusa an príomhchúram de nó di Má tá leanbh ábhartha agus leanaí cáilithe eile os cionn 7 mbliana d’aois agat, íocfar méadú leat dóibh freisin. Má tá leanbh ábhartha agat, íocfar méadú i leith leanaí faoi bhun 18 mbliana d’aois agus idir 18-22 de bhlianta d’aois má tá siad in oideachas lánaimseartha. Déantar cur síos anseo thíos ar na hathruithe a rinneadh le déanaí ar na critéir intofachta i dtaca le scéim na hÍocaíochta Teaghlaigh Aontuismitheora. Aois an linbh is óige a shíneadh i ndálaí áirithe: - Tá forálacha ar leith curtha ar bun i gcomhair na gcustaiméirí a bhfuil an Liúntas Cúraim Bhaile á fháil acu. Sna cásanna seo, leanfar den Íocaíocht Teaghlaigh Aontuismitheora a íoc go dtí go sroichfidh an leanbh is óige 16 bliana d’aois nó go dtí go stadfaidh an Liúntas Cúraim Bhaile, cibé ceann is luaithe. - Éinne ar cailleadh duine leis/léi le déanaí (daoine pósta, comhchónaitheoirí agus daoine i bpáirtnéireacht shibhialta) agus ar tuismitheoir aonair é/í dá bhrí sin ach nach gcáilíonn do Phinsean Ranníocach Baintrí, Baintrí Fir nó Páirtnéara Shibhialta Mharthanaigh, is féidir leis/léi íocaíocht teaghlaigh aontuismitheora a éileamh go ceann suas le dhá bhliain ó dháta bhás an chéile, an chomhchónaitheora nó an pháirtnéara shibhialta nó go dtí go sroichfidh an leanbh is óige dá c(h)uid 18 mbliana d’aois, cibé ceann is luaithe. - Má fhaigheann custaiméir Íocaíochta Teaghlaigh Aontuismitheora íocaíocht an Liúntais Chúramóra ar leathráta, leanfar den Íocaíocht Teaghlaigh Aontuismitheora a íoc go dtí go sroichfidh an leanbh is óige 16 bliana d’aois más rud é go mbeidh Liúntas Cúramóra á íoc freisin. - Má fhaigheann custaiméir Íocaíochta Teaghlaigh Aontuismitheora Pinsean na nDall freisin, is féidir leis/léi an Íocaíocht Teaghlaigh Aontuismitheora agus Pinsean na nDall a choinneáil go dtí go sroichfidh an leanbh is óige dá c(h)uid 16 bliana d’aois.