Mothers who do not work outside the home should be acknowledged for the role they do and the huge asset they are to their family. Will anyone in this election genuinely make an effort to include this group of citizens. Did you know that there is NOTHING in place for the Irish mammy when her children grow up.. she does not exist..not on the live register...not entitled to benefits..no courses geared to support or integrate her back into employment, she is left a Redundant Mammy This needs to be addressed....
Many of the Donegal Mammy on the page have expressed their views such as the following "
"Thank you for saying this, and well said. I could get lost in all the things that I could say about my life that confirm everything you've said., but at 60 I have experienced it all and it happened just as you explained. I remember someone suggesting that I sign for credits even though I wouldn't be entitled to anything financially, on 3 occasions I was told by the welfare office that it would affect my husband and to not change anything. I didn't realise the significance of this at the time. It is too big a discussion to go into here but there is so much more in this conversation (value transference of a generation who being reared by a person who is not valued by the state/society; value of the self if you choose to stay at home, if the government don't value you, then society will follow suit; or maybe, as in rural areas and especially since the recession there is not work/schemes/training available that supports the school hours therefore excluding mothers with children at school; training/work schemes with criteria of unemployment for over 12mths but no recognition for mothers who have not been working;"
This blog post is to start a conversation. For those who
have spent many years raising their children in the home, contributing to
society, why is there not a system in place to support them when their children
grow up and leave. What happens to this group of people? Are there statistics
on what they do or where they go? They are not on any live register, so who
supports them, who acknowledges the unpaid work they have done?
Donegal Mammy just feels it is time to start a
conversation.....
