Dáil debates
Thursday, 17 October 2013
Other Questions
Child Benefit Appeals
5:35 pm
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source
Where there is a dispute, the deciding officer is obliged to make an extremely difficult decision. In this instance, each parent brought forward separate evidence indicating that the child was with them more than 50% of the time. Where a child spends more than 50% of his or her time with the mother, the practice has been to make the payment to her.
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