Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

Generally speaking, many people in such circumstances would be survivors. I refer to widows and surviving cohabitants, etc., under the rules. At the moment, some 82% of one-parent family payment recipients are Irish. Some 18% of payments are made to non-nationals. In the circumstances, perhaps they might be more affected by this. Many Irish people would be widows, widowers, surviving cohabitants or surviving participants in civil partnerships.

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