Understanding Childhood Deprivation in Ireland
Treoir sincerely hopes that Minister Burton will take serious note of the contents of this report when formulating Budget 2013 as Budget 2012 was such a disaster for lone parents. Download Press Release
Ireland not yet ready for a single working age payment
Treoir believes that the Minister for Social Protection should not proceed with the proposal for the Single Working Age Payment at this time. This is in line with the recommendation of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Social Protection and Education, which is contained in its Report on The Single Working Age Payment Proposal (SWAP). […]
Unmarried parents set to lose out if new plan comes to fruition
Treoir the national organisation promoting the rights of unmarried parents and their children in Ireland, said that it could not support a social welfare system where unmarried and lone parents would lose out… Download Press Release
Radical proposals for unmarried families challenging
Treoir believes the proposals in the Law Reform Commissions’s Report “Legal Aspects of Family Relationships” are radical and far reaching. … Download Press Release
There should be no disincentives to family formation
Treoir’s recommendations on financial disincentives to cohabitation and marriage… Download Press Release
An exciting new magazine especially for teen parents
The second edition of The Young Parent Survival Guide, containing great information for young mums and dads, has been produced by Treoir (the National Information Service for unmarried parents)… Download Press Release
Dont Panic
Treoir urges parents who are receiving One Parent Family Payment not to panic following the publication of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010 yesterday… Download Press Release
Fathers still haven’t woken up!
Many fathers mistakenly believe that because their name is on their child’s birth cert they have rights to their child… Download Press Release
Nearly 60% of all births to unmarried parents are to parents living at the same address
Nearly 60% of all births to unmarried parents are to parents living at the same address, clearly showing that cohabitation is on the rise. Yet these families, though treated in the same way as married couples by theDepartment of Social and Family Affairs, are seriously disadvantaged within the tax system if one of them chooses […]
Children may get an Article in Bunreacht na hÉireann
At last, children may get an Article in Bunreacht na hÉireann specifically for them. Treoir, the national federation of services for unmarried parents and their children expressed their delight at the proposed visibility of children inthe Irish Constitution. In responding to the third report of the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children, Treoir […]