Mr. R?n?n Hession:

First, to give the Deputy an assurance, those efforts to seek maintenance do not apply in domestic violence cases. Operationally, I am not sure. Essentially, if the payment is not received the parent can report it to us. I am not sure if it has to build up over a period of time or if we would define that. I do not know how that happens operationally off the top of my head. One thing we did during the pandemic when the courts were not functioning the way they normally do is that the money was restored to full payment and then we looked at it again after 12 weeks and checked if that was still the case. That area has been subject to a deep piece of work and that is on the Minister's desk. There should be a Government response on that before the end of the year.