500. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider the position of cohabiting widows or widowers, who automatically lose their contributory pension on commencement of cohabitation, as distinct from marriage or civil partnership; if she considers it fair that the welfare system currently provides no legacy benefit to the surviving spouse of a tax payer who forms a new relationship, which lacks the permanency of marriage or civil partnership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5845/13]

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500. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider the position of cohabiting widows or widowers, who automatically lose their contributory pension on commencement of cohabitation, as distinct from marriage or civil partnership; if she considers it fair that the welfare system currently provides no legacy benefit to the surviving spouse of a tax payer who forms a new relationship, which lacks the permanency of marriage or civil partnership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5845/13]

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