1152. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the fairness and legality of her plans to transition workers in the music and entertainment industry from September 2021 from being pandemic unemployment payment recipients to jobseeker’s, despite them having jobs already that they are not allowed to do due to Government restrictions; if these workers will be targeted by job activation schemes once jobseeker's; if this change in status will mean music and entertainment workers will be required to seek employment outside of that sector and leave those jobs in order to receive basic income supports; and the research that has been conducted into the devastating harm this move could have on Ireland’s music and entertainment sector in the medium and long- term. [40714/21]

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1152. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the fairness and legality of her plans to transition workers in the music and entertainment industry from September 2021 from being pandemic unemployment payment recipients to jobseeker’s, despite them having jobs already that they are not allowed to do due to Government restrictions; if these workers will be targeted by job activation schemes once jobseeker's; if this change in status will mean music and entertainment workers will be required to seek employment outside of that sector and leave those jobs in order to receive basic income supports; and the research that has been conducted into the devastating harm this move could have on Ireland’s music and entertainment sector in the medium and long- term. [40714/21]

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