Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)

Question 63: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans for the reform of the social welfare provisions available to lone parents; if he has considered the recent statistics published by the CSO on the number of births occurring outside marriage; his views on the recent EU survey which found that lone parents are extremely vulnerable to poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6108/05]

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