471 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the INOU has expressed grave concerns regarding the ability to achieve the target of eliminating long term unemployment by 2007 in view of the number of poverty and unemployment traps that still exist; her views on whether the changes to the social welfare code announced in 2003 are exacerbating the situation particularly the exclusion of the spouse-partner of a person in full-time employment from receipt of rent supplement and the extension of the qualifying period for the back to education, third level option, to 15 months; her further views on the savings accrued from these changes are minor yet prevent persons from progressing off welfare into employment or further education; and if increased revenue will be made available to rescind these miserly measures that adversely affect unemployed persons and those outside the labour market. [19973/04]

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471 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the INOU has expressed grave concerns regarding the ability to achieve the target of eliminating long term unemployment by 2007 in view of the number of poverty and unemployment traps that still exist; her views on whether the changes to the social welfare code announced in 2003 are exacerbating the situation particularly the exclusion of the spouse-partner of a person in full-time employment from receipt of rent supplement and the extension of the qualifying period for the back to education, third level option, to 15 months; her further views on the savings accrued from these changes are minor yet prevent persons from progressing off welfare into employment or further education; and if increased revenue will be made available to rescind these miserly measures that adversely affect unemployed persons and those outside the labour market. [19973/04]

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