Written answers
Tuesday, 12 November 2019
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the provisions for the self-employed to have access to jobseeker's benefit will be enacted in view of the Social Welfare Act 2019 being signed on 24 October 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46013/19]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The provisions relating to the new scheme of jobseeker's benefit for the self-employed in the Social Welfare Act 2019 have been commenced and the scheme was introduced from 1 November 2019. The new scheme will support those who lose their self-employment and are covered by social insurance.
This new scheme builds on other significant improvements for self-employed people in recent years such as access to invalidity pension and treatment benefits in 2017 and are part of the Government’s stated aim of creating a supportive environment for entrepreneurship, including providing an income safety net to employees and the self-employed alike.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
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