Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person in receipt of a course participant training allowance from FÁS who is also in receipt of a survivors' pension from the Department of Social and Family Affairs is also entitled to a training bonus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4061/09]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Training Bonus of €31.80 is payable to eligible trainees on FÁS mainline training courses and also to people with disabilities in training with Specialist Training Providers monitored by FÁS. A person in receipt of a Survivors' Pension (also known as the Widow's Pension) from the Department of Social and Family Affairs is not entitled to a Training Bonus. The training bonus is payable to the following categories of people who were on, or commenced, a FÁS training course on or after 19 April 1999:

Persons in receipt of Jobseeker Benefit or Jobseeker Allowance for 12 months or more

Persons who progress to FÁS training having completed a minimum of 12 months on a Community Employment programme;

Persons who progress to FÁS training having completed a minimum of 12 months on the Job Initiative programme;

Disabled persons not in receipt of Illness Benefit or Invalidity Pension;

Persons who have completed a minimum period of 12 months in a combination of the above categories (i.e. in receipt of Jobseeker Benefit/Allowance, on Community Employment or Job Initiative programmes) prior to progressing to a FÁS training course are eligible for the bonus.