Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I support the amendment, which is a very sensible. As we are talking about money making schemes for the Department, will the Minister of State clarify a further point? If a person on social welfare is claiming for an adult dependant and that dependent receives a prison sentence, what is the position of the person claiming the payment? Does the adult dependant payment cease for the period of imprisonment of the dependent adult?