Michael Lowry (Tipperary North, Independent)
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Question 513: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be considered for a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19503/05]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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To be eligible to participate in the rural social scheme a person must be in receipt of farm assist or have been allocated a valid herd or flock number from the Department of Agriculture and Food and be in receipt of unemployment assistance, unemployment benefit, if previously on a community employment scheme or disability allowance or be a self-employed fisherman whose fishing boat has been entered in the register of fishing boats or have been issued with a fishing licence for fishing for salmon at sea, from the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and be in receipt of unemployment assistance unemployment benefit, if previously on a community employment scheme or disability allowance.

I understand that the person concerned is not in receipt of any of these payments and is, therefore, not eligible within these criteria to participate on the rural social scheme. A review of the scheme is under way and the issue of eligibility for the scheme is being considered as part of this review.