Cork County Council to scrap child maintenance payments as income when calculating rent

Isobel Towse and her daughter, Wynn. Picture: Andy Gibson

Cork County Council is set to scrap the inclusion of child maintenance payments as income when it comes to calculating rent on local authority homes.

The move follows an impassioned plea from a councillor and single mother who pointed out that such payments, which may be intermittent even when under court order, should not be counted as income as they are specifically made for the welfare of a child.