Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy. I need that.

I accept that child benefit is a universal payment. I acknowledge some people are against that concept. Yet, I can say as someone who worked in a credit union, there were a lot more hard-working, middle-income families who depended on child benefit than there are millionaires. Child benefit is one of the ways that I, as Minister for Social Protection, can support working families and I am glad to be able to do that.

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