Marie Moloney (Labour)
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I am not sure whether my next question falls within Ms Kennedy's domain. When a self-employed person's business goes belly-up and he or she applies for jobseeker's allowance, if it is granted the person cannot get a credit when signing for it simply because he or she was self-employed. This is discrimination. Such a person has paid taxes and the required amount of PRSI but is not awarded a credit contribution. This is grossly unfair and needs to be examined.