One in ten liable parents in maintenance cases can’t be traced

One in 10 maintenance payment cases reviewed by the Department of Social Protection’s specialised unit involved a liable parent who could either not be traced or was living outside the country.

Figures provided by the Department of the work of the Maintenance Recovery Unit last year revealed that 10,709 cases were reviewed and 1,098 liable relatives were either living overseas or could not be traced.

In another 539 cases the liable relative could not be identified.