Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I wish to ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine a proposal to allow men and women, the question should have read men and women, of pre-retirement age coming from a manual labour background to have a disregard for the requirement to be in receipt of a social protection payment for 12 months,in order that they can qualify for community employment schemes.

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