John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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747. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review being undertaken regarding the issue of child maintenance payments; the scope of the review; the progress made to date; when it is anticipated the review will be complete; her plans to publish this review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37491/18]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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My Department is reviewing the maintenance and liable relative procedures, insofar as they relate to the one-parent family payment scheme.

This review is nearing completion, and my officials will shortly be liaising with the Department of Justice and Equality, which is the Department responsible for Family Law Acts, with a view to jointly considering the next steps in relation to family maintenance arrangements.