98 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she or her Department took legal advice in advance of issuing a circular to FÁS in January 2010 which restricted the eligibility for FÁS training allowances only to persons who have been receipt of jobseeker’s allowance or jobseeker’s benefit immediately prior to entering FÁS training courses; if she or her Department has taken legal advice since the implementation of this circular with regard to it constituting indirect discrimination to workers from other European Union countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42469/10]

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98 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she or her Department took legal advice in advance of issuing a circular to FÁS in January 2010 which restricted the eligibility for FÁS training allowances only to persons who have been receipt of jobseeker’s allowance or jobseeker’s benefit immediately prior to entering FÁS training courses; if she or her Department has taken legal advice since the implementation of this circular with regard to it constituting indirect discrimination to workers from other European Union countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42469/10]

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1. 16 November 2010

   FÁS Training Programmes

   98 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she or her Department took legal advice in advance of issuing a circular to FÁS in January 2010 which restricted the eligibility for FÁS training allowances only to persons who have been receipt of jobseeker’s allowance or jobseeker’s benefit immediately prior to entering FÁS training courses; if she or her Department has taken legal advice since the implementation of this circular with regard to it constituting indirect discrimination to workers from other European Union countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42469/10]

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