81. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to revise the criteria associated with applications for jobseeker's assistance where the applicant has been self-employed; the current application process sees such applications fully means tested with no automatic entitlement to a set period of payment unlike applications from their PAYE counterparts; if she will confirm if she has entered into discussions with ISME in relation to its recent calls for this current method of assessment to be addressed; if she has considered the possibility for self-employed persons or proprietary company directors paying a higher rate of PAYE contributions to ensure they have entitlements to social welfare assistance should their business fail; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17798/14]

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81. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to revise the criteria associated with applications for jobseeker's assistance where the applicant has been self-employed; the current application process sees such applications fully means tested with no automatic entitlement to a set period of payment unlike applications from their PAYE counterparts; if she will confirm if she has entered into discussions with ISME in relation to its recent calls for this current method of assessment to be addressed; if she has considered the possibility for self-employed persons or proprietary company directors paying a higher rate of PAYE contributions to ensure they have entitlements to social welfare assistance should their business fail; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17798/14]

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