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Recalling that the next report due in 2011 should be a detailed report, the Committee hopes that the Government will make an effort to present information on the applicable law and practice under each Article of the Convention according to the report form adopted by the Governing Body and include in it the latest available statistical information and calculations of the rate of the benefits and their adjustment to the cost of living for the whole period covered by the report.

Part VII (Family benefit) in conjunction with Article 69 of the Convention (Suspension of benefit). The Government’s report indicates that the new legislation makes the direct payment of child benefits by the Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family conditional to compulsory school attendance. The Committee requests the Government to indicate how this provision is being applied in practice and describe the powers of the Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family in this regard. Please supply information on the number of children who have been concerned by these measures.

Article 70 (The right of appeal and complaint). The Committee would be grateful if the Government would supply detailed information in its next report on how the procedures on disputes in matters of social insurance under Part III of the Act on Social Insurance (sections 172–214) ensure the right of appeal in case of refusal of benefits and complaint concerning their quality and quantity, with respect to each branch of the Slovakian social security system.

Please attach the latest available consolidated versions of the applicable legislation.