Brendan Ryan (Dublin North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

On a related matter, I am interested in the definition of family in the Bill. The section refers to his or her spouse, civil partner or cohabitant. My attention is drawn to another payment, the widowed or surviving civil partner grant which only applies to spouse or civil partner and does not apply to a cohabitant. This seems to be an anomaly. This is an issue on which a previous response was unsatisfactory.