John Bruton
Question:35 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs if financial disincentives exist for lone parents who choose to marry or cohabit which deter them from so doing; if he proposes to take steps to correct these disincentives; and his views on whether the NESF's recommendation that the matter be further studied by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Family, Community and Social Affairs is a sufficiently decisive response to this problem. [24845/01]