Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have spoken to the Deputy briefly on the matter already. I am unclear as to the precise purpose of the amendment. If its purpose is to enable a person to qualify for the back-to-work dividend where the person ceases to be entitled to jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance or one-parent family payment within four weeks, and the person or his or her spouse or civil partner takes up employment or self-employment then that is already provided for under the current provision contained in section 6. We are both doing the same thing. We would be happy to seek further clarification for the Deputy before the Bill goes back to the House but we think the situation is already addressed in the Bill.