Lynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 14, after line 18, to insert the following:

“Report in respect of National Maintenance Body

20. (1) The Minister for Employment and Social Protection shall, within 6 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay a report before the Houses of the Oireachtas on options to establish a State body which would perform the following functions:(a) increasing and encouraging maintenance arrangements;

(b) assisting parents in the pursuit of maintenance in the courts; and

(c) providing a maintenance recovery service.(2) Such a State body's functions would apply to maintenance assessed under Part 12 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 and any other maintenance agreement/order that could be pursued in court under the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouse and Children) Act 1976 (as amended).".