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

There will be no delay. I am already doing some of these things on an administrative basis with child maintenance. I am not requiring people to go to court. It is really that we are not taking in the maintenance payments. I need to put it into legislation that we are not taking them into consideration for any new payments at the minute, but then other people will be able to come back in and reapply. Some will qualify because I have changed this means test and there are others who may be getting a lesser payment and will get more. I am doing what I can at the minute to accommodate it and we certainly will not be holding this up. It will be enacted as quickly as I get it through the Houses.