Dáil debates
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages
7:00 pm
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
There are limitations, as I explained previously. One cannot sign on for jobseeker's benefit and then get the back to education allowance the following day or commence a full-time course while drawing social welfare payments. The only reason these limitations were introduced was to stop people from deliberately claiming unemployment payments while attending college at the expense of the State. I stated that if anybody could come up with a solution-----
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