Covid-19 (Employment Affairs and Social Protection): Statements
Dail Éireann — 2020-05-20
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Regina Doherty

I beg the Deputy's pardon. The scheme was set up for income lost but not forgone income. It would be incredibly difficult to figure out who was or was not going to get a job. That is not to say the social welfare code does not look after those people. They are all entitled to apply for jobseeker's benefit or jobseeker's allowance.

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Sitting date: 2020-05-20