Talk to Joe: callers join in as childcare debate hits the airwaves

THE majority of callers to yesterday afternoon’s Liveline show on RTÉ Radio1 demanded an increase in child benefit.

They told presenter Joe Duffy that tax-breaks for childcare only benefited the better-off and failed to help mothers who chose to stay at home.

Father-of-eight, Robert, said: “The only thing that is equitable and fair would be child benefit increases - if you have tax benefits then only the rich will get it but the poor people will not.”