250 Deputy Paul Gogarty asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason behind the practice of her Department writing every three months to non Irish parents, even parents from EU member states married to Irish citizens asking them to state their nationality, confirm their residency status and confirm that they and their children continue to be resident here; the annual cost of this system of monitoring since its introduction; if she will confirm the veracity of statements by staff in the child benefit section that all claimants, including Irish citizens, will receive these forms every three months in the near future; the reason PPS numbers could not be cross referenced against current employment as well as using other triggers such as unemployment or a child leaving school; if she will clarify that computerised cross referencing or all private data could be protected to maintain the rights to privacy of the individuals concerned and facilitate a less evasive, faster and more cost effective solution that would monitor both Irish citizens and foreign nationals to prevent fraud; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37642/09]

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250 Deputy Paul Gogarty asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason behind the practice of her Department writing every three months to non Irish parents, even parents from EU member states married to Irish citizens asking them to state their nationality, confirm their residency status and confirm that they and their children continue to be resident here; the annual cost of this system of monitoring since its introduction; if she will confirm the veracity of statements by staff in the child benefit section that all claimants, including Irish citizens, will receive these forms every three months in the near future; the reason PPS numbers could not be cross referenced against current employment as well as using other triggers such as unemployment or a child leaving school; if she will clarify that computerised cross referencing or all private data could be protected to maintain the rights to privacy of the individuals concerned and facilitate a less evasive, faster and more cost effective solution that would monitor both Irish citizens and foreign nationals to prevent fraud; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37642/09]

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