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Tue 03 Mar 2010Absentee fathers 'must all pay'
UNEMPLOYED AND low-waged absentee fathers may be forced to pay maintenance for their children after strong signals from the Minister for Social Affairs that she is unhappy with current policy.
Speaking at an International Women’s Day event in Dublin yesterday, Mary Hanafin said the policy, which exempts men living on social welfare benefits or earning less than €18,000 a year from paying child maintenance, mitigated against stable families.
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