310 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has been contacted regarding the possibility of seeking to assist those unemployed, such as builders, to continue to benefit from State welfare payment schemes if they were to volunteer for charity rebuilding programmes in Haiti or other countries suffering from natural disasters; his views on the fact that such a scheme would be beneficial in seeking to minimise and address unemployment and in addressing issues of isolation, loss of status and the purposelessness that the unemployed often face when they lose their jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8704/10]

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310 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has been contacted regarding the possibility of seeking to assist those unemployed, such as builders, to continue to benefit from State welfare payment schemes if they were to volunteer for charity rebuilding programmes in Haiti or other countries suffering from natural disasters; his views on the fact that such a scheme would be beneficial in seeking to minimise and address unemployment and in addressing issues of isolation, loss of status and the purposelessness that the unemployed often face when they lose their jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8704/10]

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1. 23 February 2010

   Overseas Development Aid.

   310 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has been contacted regarding the possibility of seeking to assist those unemployed, such as builders, to continue to benefit from State welfare payment schemes if they were to volunteer for charity rebuilding programmes in Haiti or other countries suffering from natural disasters; his views on the fact that such a scheme would be beneficial in seeking to minimise and address unemployment and in addressing issues of isolation, loss of status and the purposelessness that the unemployed often face when they lose their jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8704/10]

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