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Social Welfare Benefits. (17 Feb 2004): Joe Costello: I am not seeking a commission of inquiry at the moment but, depending on the Minister's answers, I might be. I am here to ask that the Minister for Social and Family Affairs explain the discrepancy between payments to a family which voluntarily raises an orphaned child and the vastly superior payments to a family which raises an orphaned child who has first been the subject of a care order by...
Social Welfare Benefits. (17 Feb 2004): Brian Lenihan Jnr: I thank Deputy Costello for giving me the opportunity to address the issues involved. The Deputy will be aware that the orphan's payment is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Social and Family Affairs. I understand from that Department that under social welfare legislation, an allowance may be paid in respect of an orphan by way of an orphan's contributory allowance, based on social...

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