Siobhán continues to the meet with the working group for the Northern Ireland Child Payment Coalition.  The introduction of a NI Child Payment was a recommendation by the Gender Equality and Anti-Poverty Expert Panels and in the Feminist Recovery Plan.

Siobhán along with other working group members has met with Department officials to discuss how a possible Child Payment for Northern Ireland could work in practice.  Work is ongoing on research into public attitudes to child poverty which will be used to frame campaigning work around a Child Payment for Northern Ireland.