asked the Minister for Social Welfare whether he will take steps to eliminate the differential which it is proposed to introduce shortly between payments in respect of children and widows and payments in respect of children of old age and blind pensioners both contributory and non-contributory.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Children's Allowances.
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The special need of widows with dependent children was the consideration which determined the granting of the higher payments in respect of children of widows announced in the recent Budget. No further extension of this concession is contemplated at present.