Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 December 2021

Select Committee on Social Protection

Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary)

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry; I forgot. I have the details of that. As the Deputy will be aware, in 2020, we established a child maintenance review group to examine certain issues with child maintenance. I know that she has an interest in this, as do I. The group is chaired by the former Circuit Court judge, Catherine Murphy. The terms of reference are to consider and make recommendations on the current treatment of child maintenance and the current provisions relating to liable relatives managed by the Department and the establishment of a child maintenance agency in Ireland. The work of the group is well under way. The group has held 11 meetings, and a number of further meetings are scheduled. A public consultation process to facilitate feedback from all stakeholders and members of the public has been undertaken and the group's report is due to be finalised by the end of the year. When I get the report, I will bring it to the Government and then publish it.

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