Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 91: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any schemes or benefits for self-employed persons who lose their jobs or businesses due to the recession. [38090/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Self-employed persons who lose their jobs or businesses due to the recession may establish entitlement to payments made under social assistance means-tested schemes, including jobseeker's allowance. They can apply for the jobseeker's allowance where their business ceases and they become unemployed or in other circumstances where they are on low income as a result of a downturn in demand for their services. For the purposes of establishing entitlement to assistance-based payments such as jobseeker's allowance, the means of the individual is taken into account.