Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There is something else we can do. This became apparent over Christmas. The difficulties being experienced by people who sign off to take a temporary or three-day week job over Christmas and the nightmare it is for them to sign on again needs to be addressed. Surely the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation could bring its will to bear on the Department of Social Protection to introduce some flexibility in the jobseeker's scheme so that a person who takes up temporary employment does not lose all his or her benefits or is not left waiting for months for reinstatement of their entitlements when that employment finishes and they have to sign-on again. Surely a measure could be introduced to assist people who are willing to take up temporary work opportunities. The Department of Social Protection should make special provision for people who cannot continue in such employment, for whatever reason, so as to ensure they are not out of pocket.

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