Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

Okay. I have a question on this for the Minister of State and would like to hear the briefing note on it. There are three subsections in section 5. Subsection (1) 173A deals with a situation where the one-parent family payment is being made and following the death of one of the parents the surviving spouse, cohabitant or civil partner is in receipt of the payment. I understand that where one of the parents has died, the payment will continue for two years following the death or until the child is 18 years, whichever is less. I ask the Minister of State to inform me if that understanding is incorrect.

I understand that subsection (2) deals with a situation where the payment is not yet being made but the parent dies within two years of the parent being eligible to receive the payment. In that situation, the payment will continue to be received until the payment period expires in the normal course. Will the Minister of State read the note on that?

Subsection (3) deals with situations where one of the parents is in custody and I ask the Minister of State to read the briefing note on that.

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