Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

Such people are perfectly entitled to jobseeker's allowance. Many constituents of mine, who are also constituents of the Senator, are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance. Some such people were self-employed and may still have a small self-employed income. This was the first question I double checked when I came to the Department. In the old days, when I was working in the commercial economy, I knew many people who had small self-employed incomes and who were in receipt of jobseeker's allowance. I double checked this was the case when I came to the Department. What can catch some people out is the request for the previous year's accounts.