Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions
Direct Provision: Department of Social Protection
4:00 pm
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I thank Ms Harrington for clarifying the position. The habitual residence prerequisite for child benefit seems quite unfair. Most citizens would balk at the condition and say all of the children of the country should be treated equally. I appreciate the stance and the position on it but is the interdepartmental group making any recommendations on changing it. Is it being discussed at the interdepartmental group given it was a recommendation from this Oireachtas committee? I think it was included in the working group report as well.
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