Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

If a person became unemployed and does not claim a payment and sign for a credit, of course it does not include such a person. The people who were self-employed and become unemployed and would not be entitled to payment are those who have other means, for example they might own properties, have capital assets, have money in the bank or have a spouse's earnings taken into account, and therefore might not be eligible. I cannot give the Deputy an answer to the question because it is not available to me and we do not have a number.

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