Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she or her Department took legal advice in advance of issuing a circular to FÁS in January 2010 which restricted the eligibility for FÁS training allowances only to persons who have been receipt of jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's benefit immediately prior to entering FÁS training courses; if she or her Department has taken legal advice since the implementation of this circular with regard to it constituting indirect discrimination to workers from other European Union countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42469/10]

Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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The measure to restrict the payment of a FÁS training allowance to those persons who, immediately prior to the commencement of their training, had an entitlement to either Jobseeker's Benefit (JB) or Jobseeker's Allowance (JA) was one of a series of savings measures taken as part of Budget 2010.

In relation to the issue raised by the Deputy in connection with workers from other European Countries the matter is currently under review.