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Do not touch our child benefit Irish Government
Please sign so I can forward to the Irish Government and stop them taking from the vulnerable in our society in order to patch up mistakes made by others....thank you.
Can we get 30,000 signatures?
please keep sharing this 'cause' - it would be fantastic to get 30,000 signatures, I am in the middle of making arrangements with other like minded people to present this petition to a member of Oireachtas so I implore you to keep sharing, get people signing! …
please keep signing and sharing!!
Thank to everyone who has supported this 'cause' and signed the petition, please don't stop sharing - the more signatures we have the better as these signatures are going to be presented to Joan Burton....she already knows this petition exists and I've been in …
We are doing great!
Thanks everyone for joining this cause to stop to the Government from reducing our child benefit further or worse....almost 10,000 signatures have now being gathered in just 24hours!! I am finding it hard to keep up with all the comments so in case I haven't …
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I am opposed to cuts in Child benefit. I will oppose any attempt to cut Child Benefit payments, if the government wants to target high earners in the upcoming budget then the way to do that is to target their income through taxes not through cutting child benefit....we all know if they start on high earners then the tresh-hold will lower every year.The Government’s own value for money review of child benefit published in 2010 demonstrates the dependence of middle income families on child...
…I am opposed to cuts in Child benefit. I will oppose any attempt to cut Child Benefit payments, if the government wants to target high earners in the upcoming budget then the way to do that is to target their income through taxes not through cutting child benefit....we all know if they start on high earners then the tresh-hold will lower every year.The Government’s own value for money review of child benefit published in 2010 demonstrates the dependence of middle income families on child benefit. It’s analysis found that households in the 4th and 5th of ten income bracket fall below or onto the poverty line after paying their taxes and it is child benefit that then lifts them onto and over the line respectively. So protect Child benefit.
Well said
Fair deuce to u maurice ur always thinking of the people, but its alrite for joan burton and enda kenny cos they have plenty of money and there kids wont grow hungry and cold, how would joan burton like to live on 200 euros a week and see how she get on .....
They talk of protecting the rights of children and then they do this. They are pushing more families below the poverty line while at the same time they drip feed the banks with money. They are not looking out for our children. The children are our future and they have done enough damage to their futures already. Enough is enough. It will turn the recession into a depression. Disgraceful.
Im with you Claire! I've never marched for anything, but tis time Im taking a stand. My kids are losing out on enough as it is with the way things are. Enough is enough. I will happily organise buses if people are willing to march....
I'll bring the flask Debbie!! A friend of mine made a good point today. They put this out there, we all go mad about it so then they say ok we will only take €20 for each. We then say sure at least thats less then we thought and all roll over!! Not this time I say. Any cut even if its only one euro is not acceptable. We have given enough.
Child benefit rose hugely in the boom years. In 1997 it was €38 by 2005 it was €103 and by 2008 it reached €166. The reason for this rise was to finally make some inroads into helping parents with the huge cost of childcare which Govt do not subsidise. It was felt that by universally raising Child Benefit it was recognising the cost of childcare where both parents were working while also acknowledging the work being done by parents who chose to stay at home to care for their children.
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…Child benefit rose hugely in the boom years. In 1997 it was €38 by 2005 it was €103 and by 2008 it reached €166. The reason for this rise was to finally make some inroads into helping parents with the huge cost of childcare which Govt do not subsidise. It was felt that by universally raising Child Benefit it was recognising the cost of childcare where both parents were working while also acknowledging the work being done by parents who chose to stay at home to care for their children.
it was one of the right things that were done during the Celtic Tiger years - we finally valued the work of caring. To reduce it now would be a very retrograde step. As someone who was at home for 10 years with my young children I completely oppose the Government now telling me that work has no value.
Right, on so many levels Barbara.
I hear you Barbara - I hope this proposal is re-considered (ie - dropped!!). However, I'm becoming increasingly disillusioned with this government which appears to be every bit as arrogant as the previous incumbents.
we have had a cut to child benefit now every year for the last few years.everyone should take a cut and we have had ours.im down 135 a month compared to what i ues to get for 3 kids.i also lost1000 a year for 2 kids under 6. thats my fair share done now nut if another cent is took i will not have heating,clothing or playschool money for my children.any foreign person entering this country shiuld not b allowed C.A anymore cause if the irish cant have what they r entitled to then we dont have...
…we have had a cut to child benefit now every year for the last few years.everyone should take a cut and we have had ours.im down 135 a month compared to what i ues to get for 3 kids.i also lost1000 a year for 2 kids under 6. thats my fair share done now nut if another cent is took i will not have heating,clothing or playschool money for my children.any foreign person entering this country shiuld not b allowed C.A anymore cause if the irish cant have what they r entitled to then we dont have it for anyone else.their countries wouldnt give us a penny.
Well said cuz.its shocking what's going on over there.xx
they should stop sending childrens allowance abroad as is happening for years. people taking the piss applying here and then going home to their own countries crippling ours. this countries polices regarding non nationals returning home with payments from here is a very sad affair.
Well bloody said!! <3<3