60. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide clarity on the financial and community child care supports available on the transitionary path to employment from the one-parent family payment, for parents of children over seven, and, in particular, how it is proposed for transition to employment to be determined by free choice, rather than by economic necessity; the way the changes are to be implemented within the framework of the archaic though legally binding provisions of Article 41.2.2 of the Constitution; the financial safeguards and public communications processes that are in place to ensure that women could not in any circumstance face a situation of feeling compelled to have additional pregnancies to maintain welfare, supports out of a perception of financial necessity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27941/15]

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60. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide clarity on the financial and community child care supports available on the transitionary path to employment from the one-parent family payment, for parents of children over seven, and, in particular, how it is proposed for transition to employment to be determined by free choice, rather than by economic necessity; the way the changes are to be implemented within the framework of the archaic though legally binding provisions of Article 41.2.2 of the Constitution; the financial safeguards and public communications processes that are in place to ensure that women could not in any circumstance face a situation of feeling compelled to have additional pregnancies to maintain welfare, supports out of a perception of financial necessity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27941/15]

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