Child Services
With news emerging at the weekend that it cost the state €17m last year keeping 27 troubled children in care, it begs the question ‘how can the country’s meagre resources best be spent on its young?’ Child benefit has been the target of successive cuts over almost every budget since the beginning of the economic downturn, much to the upset of both parents and pressure groups alike. But how can children’s allowance be paid fairly without inadvertently discriminating against one child over another or costing a fortune to administer. Mary Murphy was on the advisory committee to the government on ...
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