57. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether future revisions of the child maintenance calculator will incorporate cost-of-living and necessary expenditure considerations; whether the formula of the child maintenance calculator will be benchmarked to inflation; whether international best practice models are being reviewed as part of this reform; the consultation that took place with single parents and family law practitioners prior to implementation; how his Department plans to monitor outcomes for children affected by this model; if he is aware of the disproportionate rates of poverty and material deprivation affecting children in single parent households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20908/26]

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57. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether future revisions of the child maintenance calculator will incorporate cost-of-living and necessary expenditure considerations; whether the formula of the child maintenance calculator will be benchmarked to inflation; whether international best practice models are being reviewed as part of this reform; the consultation that took place with single parents and family law practitioners prior to implementation; how his Department plans to monitor outcomes for children affected by this model; if he is aware of the disproportionate rates of poverty and material deprivation affecting children in single parent households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20908/26]

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