Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 September 2022

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion

Photo of Neasa HouriganNeasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I want to bring in a couple of members who have supplementary questions. I have a question for Dr. Doorley before I call Deputy O'Donnell. She said something interesting regarding the working family payment, as mentioned by Deputy Mairéad Farrell. I am interested in child benefit in the context of the few welfare payments that reach everybody and have a particular impact. We have seen that payment not just stagnate but fall in real terms since the 2008 crash. Can we have the same conversation we just had about the working family payment but with reference to child benefit?

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