Social welfare Bill anomalies
Deputy Griffin asks whether the forthcoming social welfare Bill will address unequal child-related benefits for joint-custody parents and the treatment of maintenance payments in means tests; the Ceann Comhairle advises a parliamentary question or private discussion.
On the social welfare Bill, an anomaly has come to my attention whereby parents who have legal joint custody of children are not entitled to an equal proportion of child-related benefits. Moreover, in the means testing process maintenance payments are considered an income for the recipient but are not considered an outgoing for the provider.
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Will these matters be addressed in the forthcoming social welfare Bill?
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We cannot deal with that issue now. The Deputy should submit a parliamentary question-----
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It relates to promised legislation.