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Hundreds of separated dads concerned over "unjust" tax credit change

A support service has called the One Parent Family tax credit “unjust, unfair and underhanded”.

HUNDREDS OF FATHERS have expressed their concern about the money they could lose due to a change in tax credits.

The parents have also been contacting their local TDs and Senators, Karen Kiernan of One Family – which has been contacted by hundreds of parents, primarily fathers – told TheJournal.ie.

The organisation is calling on the government not to proceed with the replacement of the One Parent Family Tax Credit with a Single Person Child Carer Tax Credit, saying it would cause “a significant number of problems and possibly unintended outcomes”.

The change was announced in the Budget 2014 announcements last week.

The value of the credit at €1,650 per year will not change, but Kiernan said that the change to eligibility means there will be less money available for the care of children.

Now she has said that fathers have been contacting One Family in their droves to express their concern about the change.

One Family is advocating that the government instead introduces a system where the same amount of money would be available to both parents, after a parenting agreement is signed by both.

There can be an issue around how to transfer back the tax credit, if it has been moved to one parent, she pointed out.

According to One Family, the impact of the abolition of the One Parent Tax Credit for the non-resident parent would be:

  • Annual wage 13,500 (minimum wage x 30 hours) – no change
  • €20,000 – €13 difference in tax take per week
  • €30,000 – €10 difference
  • €40,000 – €48 difference
  • €60,000 – €47 difference

Kiernan said that they had received hundreds of contacts from dads who are sharing parenting and taking responsibility. She explained that the tax credit goes to the parent who receives the child benefits, which is usually the mother as mothers tend to be the primary carer.

This means the father in most cases will not receive the credit and could be out of pocket. The other parent may find themselves unable to pay the same amount of maintenance and struggle to care for their children as they have been previously.

One Family has written to all Ministers, TDs and Senators to voice their concerns and is urging everyone to write to their representatives on the issue.

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    Aug 14th 2020, 12:52 PM

    God bless her she had some baby.

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    Aug 14th 2020, 1:25 PM

    RIP. She raised a brilliant songwriter. Wow he could craft them. Indeed, it is amazing how many of Britain’s best and most groundbreaking songwriters/musicians were of Irish heritage from Morrissey, Lennon, McCartney, Costello, Lydon, Donovan, Oldfield, all the way back to the man who started British Rock, Lonnie Donnegan.

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    Aug 14th 2020, 1:59 PM

    @Brendan Walsh: Gallaghers too!

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    Aug 14th 2020, 2:07 PM

    @Brendan Walsh: Boy George too.

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    Aug 14th 2020, 3:04 PM

    @Brendan Walsh: Kate Bush

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    Aug 14th 2020, 3:16 PM

    @Brendan Walsh: Don’t Forget Kate Bush!!

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    Aug 14th 2020, 3:35 PM

    @Carol C. is Social Distancing from You: was just about to say! How could anybody forget the goddess Kate Bush?

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    Aug 14th 2020, 4:09 PM

    @Brendan Walsh: Johnny Marr and Gary Mountfield Hail from athy in kildare too. We have Manchester some greats.

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    Aug 14th 2020, 4:11 PM

    @Rob Stafford: mounfield! Mani….

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    Aug 14th 2020, 4:13 PM

    @Robert O’H: Kevin Rowland of Dexys Midnight Runners.

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    Aug 14th 2020, 4:15 PM

    @Brendan Walsh: indeed it has often been said that The Smiths were more Irish than U2

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    Aug 14th 2020, 4:31 PM

    @Brendan Walsh: not to forget the Mozmeister’s old bandmate, Johnny Marr, born Sean Maher.

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    Aug 14th 2020, 4:42 PM

    @Brendan Walsh: Kate Bush

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    Aug 14th 2020, 5:52 PM

    @Brendan Walsh: how many of them our actually Irish.. they won’t know where O’Connell street was without a tour guide…

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    Aug 14th 2020, 6:11 PM

    @Pat Kelly: the ones I mentioned were proud of Irish roots. But I left out a lot of notables as mentioned in comments. Gallaghers, Boy George, Kate Bush. Also for the headbangers and air guitar crew, Francis Rossi of Status Quo fame had an Irish mammy.

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    Aug 14th 2020, 6:26 PM

    @Brendan Walsh: Paul McCartneys mother was a Mary Mohan from near Clontibret, Monaghan

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    Aug 14th 2020, 9:39 PM

    @Brendan Walsh: don’t forget Kate bush too

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    Aug 15th 2020, 1:14 PM

    @Brendan Walsh: David Bowie, Chris Cornell, Kurt Cobain,, Bruce..

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    Aug 14th 2020, 1:11 PM

    There is a light that never goes out. RIP

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    Aug 14th 2020, 1:05 PM

    The genes behind the genius.. r.i.p..

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    Aug 14th 2020, 12:53 PM

    Could you not have found a more appropriate photo to accompany the lady’s death announcement FFS?

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    Aug 14th 2020, 12:55 PM

    @Berkieahern3: yeah, absolutely incredible stuff

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    Aug 14th 2020, 12:56 PM

    @Berkieahern3: It’s what Mozza posted.

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    Aug 14th 2020, 12:56 PM

    @Berkieahern3: that’s the picture that was used along with the notice that she had died, as the beach was her favourite place. Seems very appropriate to me.

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    Aug 14th 2020, 1:21 PM

    @Niall Byrne: no, its not. The Journal has cropped the beach one and changed the aspect ratio of both pictures so they look vertically stretched now. You can see the original pictures here https://www.morrisseycentral.com/messagesfrommorrissey

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    Aug 14th 2020, 1:32 PM

    @Berkieahern3: under the circumstances that would entirely be the family’s choice.

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    Aug 14th 2020, 1:46 PM

    @Berkieahern3: it’s a bikini lad hardly top shelf .have a day off.

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    @Berkieahern3: Dear god.

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    Aug 14th 2020, 6:57 PM

    @Berkieahern3:
    Morrissey himself posted both photos on his site. Check yourself & shelve the negativity.

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    Aug 15th 2020, 6:37 AM

    @Berkieahern3: what’s wrong with it? She looks beautiful, she obviously loved that photo of herself otherwise Morrisey would not have posted it.

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    Aug 14th 2020, 2:06 PM

    Rest in please to the mother of my favourite songwriter of all time, the poetic and lyrical genius. There is a light that never goes out x

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    Rip to his mother,I only recently realized his related to Robbie keane

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    Aug 14th 2020, 2:05 PM

    Rest in peace to the mother of my favourite songwriter ever a poetic genius. There is a light that never goes out x

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    RIP to the mother of my favourite songwriter ever a poetic genius. There is a light that never goes out x

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    Aug 14th 2020, 1:51 PM

    I’m just curious why Chile, Brazil, Peru, Paraguay etc…..? RIP

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    Aug 14th 2020, 2:22 PM

    @Jonnie Marre: yeah curious to that myself. I know he has a lot of fans from them countries but wondered if I misses something.

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    @Jonnie Marre: I would think it’s because they are predominately catholic countries? I stand to be corrected though.

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    She brought a bay into the world that is an amazing musical talant RIP

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    @BriP75: baby *

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    @BriP75: bay works too if you really love him but usually spelt bae.

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    @Thomas McMillan:

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    RIP Elizabeth

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    R. I. P

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