Child Maintenance Bill 2026

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Summary

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the administrative assessment, by the Revenue Commissioners, of liabilities of certain persons to pay periodic maintenance in respect of a child; to provide for a standard methodology for making such an assessment; to provide for the enforceability of such assessments in certain circumstances; to empower the Revenue Commissioners to depart from a standard methodology for making an assessment of child maintenance in certain circumstances; to provide for updated assessments of child maintenance in certain circumstances; to prohibit, in the interests of the common good, the making of certain applications to court unless certain circumstances apply; to provide for appeals from certain determinations and decisions of the Revenue Commissioners; and to provide for related matters.

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Timeline

1. 21 January 2025

   Admissibility for Introduction

   Source: Dáil Éireann

2. 24 March 2026

   First Stage

   Source: Seanad Éireann

3. 24 March 2026

   Second Stage

   Current

   Source: Seanad Éireann

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Documents

2 official files

• Explanatory Memorandum

  pdf · EN · 24 March 2026

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• As Initiated

  pdf · EN · 24 March 2026

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Sponsors

• Tully, Pauline. · Sponsor
• Stephenson, Patricia. · Sponsor
• Cosgrove, Nessa. · Sponsor
• Ruane, Lynn. · Sponsor
• Higgins, Alice-Mary. · Sponsor
• Flynn, Eileen. · Sponsor
• Black, Frances. · Sponsor
• Harmon, Laura. · Sponsor
• McCormack, Maria. · Sponsor
• Ryan, Nicole. · Sponsor
• Keogan, Sharon. · Sponsor
• Collins, Joanne. · Sponsor
• O'Reilly, Sarah. · Sponsor

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