8 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Social Welfare if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the report of the Review Group on the Treatment of Households in the social welfare code appears to suggest that the present system of social welfare payments, advocating as it does that the financial needs of two married people are less than two single people living apart, may not be constitutional; if he will outline views on this conclusion; and the financial implications of this change of policy.

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8 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Social Welfare if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the report of the Review Group on the Treatment of Households in the social welfare code appears to suggest that the present system of social welfare payments, advocating as it does that the financial needs of two married people are less than two single people living apart, may not be constitutional; if he will outline views on this conclusion; and the financial implications of this change of policy.

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