A chara, – I am exactly the person described in Karen McEvoy’s letter (July 9th).
I’ve worked and paid PRSI for many years. However, when I rang the Maternity Benefit Section of the Department of Social Protection to inquire about my eligibility, I was asked (rhetorically I assume) if I expected the State to compensate me just because I was having a child.
To laugh or to cry . . . – Yours, etc,