Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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In that regard, I suppose the majority of lone parents will be existing claimants. Obviously, there is a healthy or regular stream of new claimants all the time, but the majority are existing claimants. Does the Department envision any sort of public awareness campaign to make people aware of their entitlements to apply for claims for which they previously did not qualify or in respect of which they maybe qualified for only a portion or anything like that? I am not sure it will be possible for the Department to contact every lone parent or make them directly aware. Maybe that is possible, but I imagine it will be challenging. Will the Department get the word out that the situation has changed and child maintenance does not have to be included?