131. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made in the ongoing issue around part-time fire fighters being refused jobseeker's payments on the stated grounds that the conditions applying to their work as a part-time fire fighter impose unreasonable restrictions on the locations at which they can accept work; if, in the interests of public safety, she will amend the rules of the scheme or produce new guidelines on the interpretation of the available for work criterion; and if she will ensure that part-time firefighters are not excluded from such benefits due to the fact that their vital role in the fire service requires them to be in certain geographic locations. [4080/13]

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131. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made in the ongoing issue around part-time fire fighters being refused jobseeker's payments on the stated grounds that the conditions applying to their work as a part-time fire fighter impose unreasonable restrictions on the locations at which they can accept work; if, in the interests of public safety, she will amend the rules of the scheme or produce new guidelines on the interpretation of the available for work criterion; and if she will ensure that part-time firefighters are not excluded from such benefits due to the fact that their vital role in the fire service requires them to be in certain geographic locations. [4080/13]

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