Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We discussed Sinn Féin's motion at the Cabinet meeting this morning when we decided as a Government not to oppose it because broadly our policy position is travelling in the same direction as that of Sinn Féin. The Minister has set aside funds in her budget for next year for research into the best models in place in other countries. It may well be a statutory model, but we first need to do the type of work advocated by the Deputy in examining child maintenance models in different jurisdictions, with a view to identifying what works best and applying it here. We accept that the current system in Ireland is not working as it should.

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