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# Child Maintenance

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2022
# Child Maintenance
Calls for dedicated State service to pursue parents who fail to pay child maintenance
Support services for lone parents have pointed out that the adversarial and costly courts route is the only option available.
A review group comprised submitted a report on the child maintenance system to Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys in April, Michelle Hennessy reports.
Support services have said child maintenance is seen largely as a personal, parental obligation and therefore a matter of private family law.
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Jul 31st 2022, 12:05 AM
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Lynn Ruane: Child maintenance reform would be good for children - and good for the country
Many one-parent families are living at risk of poverty and an overhaul of our child supports legislation is vital to protecting their future.
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Jul 21st 2019, 8:30 PM
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Bill on the way to fix child maintenance anomaly and ensure parents pay up
Limerick TD Willie O’Dea plans to crack down on parents who fail to support their child.
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Dec 19th 2017, 6:05 AM
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Maintenance defaulters: 'We have no legal remedies for parents who refuse to pay'
If we are serious about tackling child poverty in Ireland, let’s start the debate around an enforced child maintenance system, writes Louise Bayliss.
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Jul 6th 2017, 6:30 AM