Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are opposed to section 9. I accept the Ceann Comhairle's ruling on amendment No. 13 but what I was trying to achieve was that people over the age of 65 who lose the transition pension should not be subjected, when they apply for jobseeker's allowance, to the usual requirements to seek work, training, etc. I note the Minister in her opening speech yesterday indicated she had given an instruction to the Department that these criteria would not apply to jobseeker's aged over 62. Is that the case?

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