Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate the Minister's clarification that the baby boost payment is here to stay. It is an initiative that the Green Party and I are proud to have led in introducing. A universal payment that is targeted at a particular time in a family's life where almost every single family is under pressure financially when a new baby arrives is a meaningful step the Government and the State can take to help. The programme for Government makes reference to other targeted payments, particularly looking at a new targeted child benefit payment. When will we find out more information about the Minister's and his Department's thinking on this? Does he see it as simply bringing together some existing payments such as the working family and qualified child benefit payment or is he thinking about this as something new, which will give additionality to children and families who are maybe most at risk of child poverty?

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