Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I speak in support of decreasing the look-back period from 12 months to six months. If the argument is that to do so creates difficulties for seasonal work, we should go further than six months and bring it back to three months. Last time I checked, there were three months in a season and six months equates to two seasons. This is a reasonable and fair proposal that would benefit young people in particular. Amendment No. 11 is worthy of support.

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