Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Senators James Heffernan, John Kelly and others referred to child benefit. I have undertaken to publish with the permission of the Government the Mangan report at the end of January. The report highlights a number of difficult choices to be made. I will be returning to the House to discover whether Senators are willing to engage with some of these choices which include taxing child benefit for those on higher incomes. This would have implications for heavily indebted young families with large mortgages.