Michael Ring
Question:117 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will examine the anomaly regarding widows and widowers who receive a pension from his Department which includes payment for their children still in full-time education, in view of the fact that in other Departments, including the Departments of Health and Children, and Education and Science, payment is included for children up to the age of 22 years while in full-time education, while his Department ceases payment for children in full-time education at the age of 21 years; the reason for this; if changes have occurred in relation to this since a previous parliamentary question was asked last October; and when he intends to address this anomaly. [5068/03]