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Social Protection Department confirms parents can hand back child benefit

The Department of Social Protection’s confirmed that any parent who feels they don’t need child benefit can arrange to have the payment stopped.

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It follows media reports that Minister Joan Burton’s Department was looking at ways of reducing the 2 billion euro it spends annually on child benefit.

The Department says the provision already exists for parents to opt out of receiving child benefit.

 

 

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