Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the child maintenance review group will report on child maintenance matters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26175/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Government established a Child Maintenance Review Group to examine a number of issues regarding child maintenance within the social protection system and to make a recommendation as to whether or not there is a case for the establishment of a Child Maintenance Agency in Ireland. 

The Group is chaired by former Circuit Court Judge Catherine Murphy and includes legal, policy and academic professionals as well as officials from my Department and the Department of Justice.

The work of the Group is well underway.  To date the Group has held six meetings and there are a number of other meetings scheduled on a regular basis over the coming months.

A consultation process to facilitate feedback from stakeholder groups and members of the public in order to inform the Group's work has been completed.

The report of the Group is due to be submitted to me later this year.