Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal West, Sinn Fein)

Could I get clarity on what the Minister said? He said that it will be accepted that a couple are living together, which is welcome, but then he said "unless there is evidence to the contrary". That then brings in the test. I am happy to be corrected if I misheard him. It is fine and appropriate if the Department is going to accept their word but what the Minister just said is slightly different to what was said in the committee, namely, "unless there is evidence to the contrary". Could he explain to us what that would mean and how that evidence would present itself or how it would then be tested?

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