Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection

General Scheme of the Social Welfare (Child Maintenance and Liable Relatives) Bill 2023: Discussion

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Performance indicators. Let us say that 10% are being caught by the €95.23. First of all, it would not be a big cost to the Department to increase the payment dramatically, back to where it was. Second, if we were to introduce a performance indicator that aimed to take 10% of one-parent families out of poverty, it would be a hell of an achievement.

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