Social Welfare Code
Dail Éireann — 2023-02-09
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Heather Humphreys (FG), Cavan-Monaghan

I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. The child maintenance review group was established in 2020 to prepare a report on the current treatment within the Department of Social Protection of child maintenance payments, the current provisions relating to the liable relatives regarding child maintenance and the establishment of a child maintenance agency.
These are very significant reforms of the social welfare system which will be of great benefit to lone parents. Introducing these changes requires amendments to primary and secondary legislation, the details of which are currently being examined. The reforms will also necessitate changes to some of my Department's systems, application forms and processes.

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Sitting date: 2023-02-09