316 Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on whether rules and regulations for various unemployment and training social welfare schemes are outdated in the current economic climate in view of the varied profiles of the people applying for State assistance; if she will review the rules pertaining to self-employed people who apply for jobseeker’s benefit; if she will amend the rules regarding savings amounts held by people applying for jobseeker’s benefit; if she proposes to make changes to rules for people wanting to join back to work schemes regarding the requirement that the recipient to be in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit for 12 months prior to qualifying for the scheme; and if she will engage with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to introduce new schemes to retrain and reskill unemployed people or programmes to place skilled unemployed people in skill shortage areas. [8698/09]

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316 Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on whether rules and regulations for various unemployment and training social welfare schemes are outdated in the current economic climate in view of the varied profiles of the people applying for State assistance; if she will review the rules pertaining to self-employed people who apply for jobseeker’s benefit; if she will amend the rules regarding savings amounts held by people applying for jobseeker’s benefit; if she proposes to make changes to rules for people wanting to join back to work schemes regarding the requirement that the recipient to be in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit for 12 months prior to qualifying for the scheme; and if she will engage with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to introduce new schemes to retrain and reskill unemployed people or programmes to place skilled unemployed people in skill shortage areas. [8698/09]

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