Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to calls from a lone parents organisation, One Family, for recognition for lone families under the Constitution; his views in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11849/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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Families and family life in Ireland have been undergoing profound change in recent decades, which includes the significant growth in the proportion of families headed by lone parents. The Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Constitution, in inviting submissions, has specifically stated that account will be taken of these developments in their consideration of the possible need for changes to the provisions on families in the Constitution. It would not be appropriate for me, as Minister, to pre-empt the conclusions and recommendations to be arrived at by the Oireachtas committee by commenting on any submission made to it by any particular organisation at this stage.