Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there is scope for examining whether a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20 is entitled to a back to work scheme. [14967/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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According to the department's records, the person referred to by the Deputy made an application for Jobseeker's Benefit on 17/2/09. On the basis of the information he supplied, he did not fulfil the condition for Jobseeker's Benefit whereby a person must be fully unemployed for at least 3 days in any period of 6 consecutive days. Consequently, he did not qualify for benefit.

He does not appear to have made an application under the back to work allowance scheme. To qualify for this allowance, an application must be submitted in advance of starting work and the person must be in receipt of a qualifying payment for a specific length of time immediately prior to commencing employment or self employment.