427 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who have been on sickness benefit for a period of years, who unsuccessfully seek to return to work, can be severely penalised by losing all entitlement to sickness benefit when they return to make a claim whereas if they had never sought to go back to work, they could have continued to receive sickness benefit indefinitely; if he will review this provision as it was never intended by the Houses of the Oireachtas that people who make a genuine attempt to become active again after a long period of illness should be penalised in this way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6307/06]

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427 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who have been on sickness benefit for a period of years, who unsuccessfully seek to return to work, can be severely penalised by losing all entitlement to sickness benefit when they return to make a claim whereas if they had never sought to go back to work, they could have continued to receive sickness benefit indefinitely; if he will review this provision as it was never intended by the Houses of the Oireachtas that people who make a genuine attempt to become active again after a long period of illness should be penalised in this way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6307/06]

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