Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 114: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the eligibility criteria for the JobBridge programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33588/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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My Department continues to monitor and review the operation of the JobBridge scheme, including its eligibility criteria, on an ongoing basis.

To date, some amendments to the eligibility criteria have taken place. In August of this year, for example, sole traders became eligible to participate in the JobBridge scheme for which they had not been eligible on its launch.