Right now, if you are on a benefit and you are receiving child support, that child support is paid directly to the IRD. The IRD then holds that child support. If the child support is calculated as at an amount more than of the benefits that you are entitled to, as a sole parent, then only the difference over and above your entitlements ends up being paid out to you. The rest of that child support is used by the Ministry of Social Development to offset the costs of your benefit. That is a hangover from a time and place that I thought Aotearoa New Zealand had moved on from. It's an incredibly punitive approach to our welfare and benefit system. And while some may decry that this is about making sure that people are accountable or whatever else, the fact of the matter is that it's children who miss out here. 