Seanad debates

Tuesday, 19 July 2011

Finance (No. 3) Bill: Committee and Remaining Stages

 

5:00 pm

Photo of Katherine ZapponeKatherine Zappone (Independent)

I respect the reasons the Minister put forward. I also accept that there ought not to be tax relief and that parents ought to look after their children. With regard to the Minister's response, let it go forth from this Chamber that there is no express reference to children in this Bill in the context of maintenance arrangements. That is effectively what the Minister said. I understand the reasons for that, and I am sorry for those reasons. That is what the Minister said, that there is no reference to children in this Bill in terms of maintenance orders.

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