Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 201: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the one parent family allowance has been terminated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9724/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned was interviewed by a local officer of my Department on 7 March 2005. In the local officer's presence, she signed a statement admitting to cohabiting since April 2004 and surrendered her lone parent's allowance book to the officer. On foot of this statement, her payment was subsequently suspended and her case has been forwarded to a deciding officer for formal decision. She will be contacted about this shortly. Under social welfare legislation, decisions on claims must be made by deciding officers and appeals officers. These officers are statutorily appointed and I have no role in such decisions.