Official Account for Single Parents Acting For Rights of Kids. SPARK - BORN OUT OF ADVERSITY, SUSTAINED THROUGH SOLIDARITY.
Joined September 2016
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Another Zionist twat getting awards
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9 Oct 2025
This morning, as part of the National One Parent Family Alliance we will be the the Oireachtas Committee for children and equality talking about child poverty. Tune in at 9.30am oireachtas.ie/en/committees/…
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SPARK-Ireland retweeted
29 Aug 2025
Since Jan- July 25 there's been a net increase of 772 #Homeless people. 742 are in families, 30 are single.
411 - Children
279 - Women
82 - Men
Children are paying the highest toll for the #HousingCrisis.
We are failing our children.
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SPARK-Ireland retweeted
27 Aug 2025
🎫Book your place for Day 5 #EndChildPovertyWeek: bit.ly/45zLjdX
Keynote: @UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty & human rights, @DeSchutterOOlivier
Other speakers include @Louiseinflight @SVP_Ireland, Helen Russell @ESRIDublin, & Niall Egan @welfare_ie
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SPARK-Ireland retweeted
11 Aug 2025
Big News! 📣
End Child Poverty Week 2025 takes place 8 -12 Sept!
Focusing on key thematic areas including early years, education, food poverty and child welfare and alternative care.
ℹ️Info: bit.ly/4ovWWuR
➡️Register: bit.ly/4m9oZ1A
#EndChildPovertyWeek
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SPARK-Ireland retweeted
28 Aug 2025
People in poverty and low income spend a greater share of their income on food and energy than better-off people.@SVP_Ireland @EAPNIreland @ATD_Europe @ChildRightsIRL @SparkIreland @1familyireland irishexaminer.com/news/arid-…
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25 Jul 2025
These figures show failure. An increase of 114 homeless children and 47 additional families. Lone parents and their children are being hammered during the current housing crisis. There are solutions, we need an urgent taskforce on lone parent homelessness now, use our expertise!
ALT Screenshot of June 25 homelessness in Ireland
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SPARK-Ireland retweeted
10 Jul 2025
We know that low income households spend a higher proportion of their low budget on food than better off households.
We also know that many parents cut back on food or ‘do without’ so they their children have enough to eat.
Food poverty is a real issue. rte.ie/news/business/2025/07…
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30 May 2025
Over 30% of people in homelessness are children. Let that sink in! The numbers reveal a deepening crisis affecting —children and lone-parent families. Ending child homelessness should be prioritised in any society claiming to value equality, dignity, and care.
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16 May 2025
The American Dream! We need to understand that humanity trumps economy, pun intended. A sustainable world will only exist when we consider the good of all humanity and recognise that uncurtailed greed and wealth will destroy us.
14 May 2025
The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," according to a new analysis. cbsn.ws/4j5hG8N
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SPARK-Ireland retweeted
14 May 2025
The pandemic has deepened inequalities. @ChildRightsIRL @SVP_Ireland @issu4u @nycinews @NaiFeely @OCO_ireland @1familyireland @SparkIreland @SocialJusticeI jrnl.ie/6704282
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SPARK-Ireland retweeted
10 May 2025
I am going to say something that @philipnolan1 might kill me for. I am pleased to see he is recovering, and it reminds us to say nice things about people when they are alive. Years ago, I posted about a child who was shamed in school for not being able to buy school books.
9 May 2025
My lovely family - sisters , niece, brother - have not left me alone for a minute of this.
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25 Apr 2025
There are now 8,387 people in #FamilyHomelessness and 7,031 single adults. This month, there was a drop of 16 single adults and an increase of 22 children. There was an increase of 27 families in emergency accommodation, 21 of which were lone parents. We need a family taskforce.
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18 Apr 2025
Children deserve qualified, committed workers in their early learning years. It can't be at the expense of workers. We can't offer qualified staff a .15c wage above min. wage for such an important role.
Solidarity to the workers.
independent.ie/irish-news/al…
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SPARK-Ireland retweeted
28 Feb 2025
54 parents of children without suitable special educational needs school placements will stage a 24-hour sleep out at the Department of Education from 1pm today.
newstalk.com/news/parents-st…
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SPARK-Ireland retweeted
20 Feb 2025
🚀Join us for the launch of #ReportCard2025
We are delighted that @Louiseinflight Head of Policy and Social Justice @SVP_Ireland will join the panel discussion on how the Government progressed on its own commitments to children.
ℹ️Tues 25 Feb at 10am: bit.ly/42LreS9
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20 Feb 2025
So important to remember that while not all lone parents are domestic abuse survivors, but all domestic abuse survivors with children became lone parents. Fear of the poverty and homelessness that lone parents face, trap victims in ongoing abuse.
20 Feb 2025
Institutional barriers facing women leaving domestic abuse must be removed
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SPARK-Ireland retweeted
28 Jan 2025
‘Non-payment of maintenance is child neglect and should always be treated as such. It is a criminal matter, and we can no longer rest the burden on the already heavy shoulders of the lone parent.’ @SVP_Ireland @SparkIreland jrnl.ie/6603016
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28 Jan 2025
41% of children in 1 parent families experience deprivation. Majority of homeless families are lone parents, yet still we have no effective enforcement of child maintenance. Not paying child maintenance can be part of financial abuse and child neglect.
jrnl.ie/6603016
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