Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My next question is for Ms Bayliss and Ms Kiernan. They will be aware I have a great interest in child maintenance. I published details of a service we could copy. It is in place in the North and ensures child maintenance is paid through whatever mechanism. It has been proved and research shows that where child maintenance is paid, it can play a role in lifting children out of poverty. I worked with the former Minister for Social Protection to get the means test and all that fixed up and that was welcome, but it is regrettable it has not taken place cross-departmentally, especially in housing, childcare and elsewhere. Has any movement been made to ensure child maintenance is not included as income in any of these other Departments?