111 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the spousal swap arrangement for community employment is not permitted in the circumstances when the spouse of an unemployed person has been a qualified adult on their spouse’s social welfare payment and is not in receipt of a payment in their own right; the rationale for requiring a qualified adult who wants to take up a community employment scheme to wait for a further year on a payment in their own right before allowing them qualify for such a scheme; if she is satisfied that the eligibility rules are consistent with the promotion of working opportunities for those who want them and that the eligibility rules are adequately integrated with social welfare rules; and her plans to introduce new rules to the scheme in order that people are facilitated to move from welfare to work. [21738/09]

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111 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the spousal swap arrangement for community employment is not permitted in the circumstances when the spouse of an unemployed person has been a qualified adult on their spouse’s social welfare payment and is not in receipt of a payment in their own right; the rationale for requiring a qualified adult who wants to take up a community employment scheme to wait for a further year on a payment in their own right before allowing them qualify for such a scheme; if she is satisfied that the eligibility rules are consistent with the promotion of working opportunities for those who want them and that the eligibility rules are adequately integrated with social welfare rules; and her plans to introduce new rules to the scheme in order that people are facilitated to move from welfare to work. [21738/09]

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