Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of engagement she had with the Department for Social Protection regarding to the changes in maternity benefit announced in budget 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47843/13]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The issue of maternity benefit is a matter for the Department of Social Protection (DSP) and any changes to this benefit are a matter for that Department. I had no engagement with the Minister or officials of the DSP in relation to this matter.