Catherine Noone (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I concur with the comments made by Senator Conway on the report on child benefit. An expert group was commissioned by the Department to make proposals in respect of child benefit that would be cost-effective, improve employment incentives and achieve better poverty outcomes, especially in the area of child poverty. It is astonishing, annoying and typical that the group's report has been leaked. The Opposition and media are engaged in the type of kite-flying they accuse the Government of practising.