Irish Times : Cut in Child Benefit may ‘force’ low paid women out of work
Published: Tuesday, September 08, 2009
REDUCING OR taxing child benefit could force women on low pay out of work as they would not be able to meet childcare costs, the National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) said last night.
Maintaining universal child benefit at current levels was just one of the recommendations in the council's pre-budget submission which it launched at a public meeting last night.