Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)

Deputy Gormley's Question No. 73 is similar. The Minister proposes to establish pilot projects. Will he acknowledge the lack of ongoing social policy-making within his Department? We are asking him to describe the problems and we are making suggestions as to the solutions and tentatively putting toes in the water as to whether those solutions would work. There should be a better system in place which includes ongoing research because agencies exist that are supposed to engage in such research. Is there information in the system on lone parent families?

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