Anne Rabbitte (Fianna Fail)

I thank Mr. Egan and his team for being here this morning. He has clearly set out the plan and the Minister's approach. Addressing child poverty over the term of the programme for Government is one of the Minister's number one issues. Mr. Egan has clearly set out what happened in the last budget.

I am interested in hearing about the extension of the back to work family dividend to recipients of the disability allowance and the blind pension. The reason I want to focus on this is that they are the parents of children. They may not be able to access work. I want to understand more about that targeted measure.