Ms Susanne Rogers:

I was going to make a similar point. Some parents this week have less access to childcare support because the national minimum wage and some of the social welfare payments went up and the income disregard and allowances have not moved with them. While the Government is giving with one hand, it is taking away with the other. That is also the case for child maintenance, as Ms Bayliss mentioned. The Department of Social Protection made allowances for that but the childcare scheme did not. It will not have an impact on child poverty if the Government does not work together and the different Departments do not collaborate.