Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 505: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the criteria for determination of a partnership status in cases such as the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5026/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Spouses who operate in a commercial partnership may be brought into the social insurance system, subject to meeting some of the general criteria outlined below: There is a written partnership agreement Each partner writes cheques on the business accounts in their own right There is a joint business account It is apparent to those doing business with the partnership that a partnership exists Business accounts and activities are in joint names of the partners Each partner makes a significant contribution to the running of the business The business is owned jointly by the partnership The profits and losses of the partnership are shared by each partner The business stationery reflects the existence of a partnership. No application for commercial partnership status has been received in the case of the person mentioned (details supplied).