'Ineffective' child maintenance system is putting pressure on families' finances

The committee made a total of 17 recommendations to Justice Minister Helen McEntee. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The system under which child maintenance payments are made is “ineffective” and is putting a strain on families, an Oireachtas committee has found.

A cross-party report, prepared by the justice committee, concluded that the current system can cause “increased fear for those that may have been victims of domestic abuse or suffered coercive control from their former partners”.