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# Child Maintenance

This year
2024
Social Protection Minister publishes Bill reforming child maintenance to benefit lone parents
'Landmark' reforms to child maintenance system to benefit over 16,000 single parents
Child support could be collected by Revenue or social welfare deductions under system overhaul
All time
Calls for dedicated State service to pursue parents who fail to pay child maintenance
Lynn Ruane: Child maintenance reform would be good for children - and good for the country
Lynn Ruane
Bill on the way to fix child maintenance anomaly and ensure parents pay up
Maintenance defaulters: 'We have no legal remedies for parents who refuse to pay'
Louise Bayliss