Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2024-07-09
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Heather Humphreys (FG), Cavan-Monaghan

Just because people are getting a higher rate of payment on the jobseeker’s pay-related benefit does not mean they should not continue to look for work. In fact, most people do go back to work between 12 and 14 weeks after losing a job. People naturally want to go back to work. We saw that during the Covid pandemic. What I am saying is that the rules and regulations we are applying here are the exact same as those that apply at the minute to the jobseeker’s benefit. There is nothing different.

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Sitting date: 2024-07-09