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‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Social Welfare Benefits. Maintenance requirements for deserted wives
Summary
O’Hanlon said some deserted wives could not afford to pursue maintenance and asked for the requirement to be reviewed; the Minister agreed to examine it.
Would the Minister accept that one of the conditions for receipt of deserted wife's allowance or benefit is that the deserted wife must pursue her husband for maintenance and that in many instances the wife is not in a position to do this mainly through lack of finance when even free legal aid is not readily available? Would the Minister look at this position to see if something can be done about it?
