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Participation in certain schemes not to affect subsequent entitlement to unemployment benefit or assistance.
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11.—The Principal Act is hereby amended—
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(a) in subsection (4A) (inserted by the Act of 1986) of section 29 by—
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(i) the addition to paragraph (e) after “Teamwork,” of “or”, and
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(ii) the insertion after paragraph (e) of the following paragraphs:
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“(f) participation in a scheme administered by the Department of Social Welfare and known as the Part-Time Job Allowance Scheme, or
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(g) participation in a scheme administered by the Department of Education and known as the Educational Opportunities Scheme,”,
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and
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(b) in subsection (2A) (inserted by the Act of 1985) of section 135 by—
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(i) the addition to paragraph (e) after “Teamwork,” of “or”, and
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(ii) the insertion after paragraph (e) of the following paragraphs:
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“(f) participation in a scheme administered by the Department of Social Welfare and known as the Part-Time Job Allowance Scheme, or
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(g) participation in a scheme administered by the Department of Education and known as the Educational Opportunities Scheme,”,
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and the said subsections (4A) and (2A), as so amended, are set out in the Table to this section.
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TABLE
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(4A) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (4), any period, not exceeding one year in duration, of—
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(a) employment under a scheme administered by the Department of Labour and known as the Social Employment Scheme, or
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(b) participation in a scheme administered by the Department of Labour and known as the Enterprise Allowance Scheme, or
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(c) participation in a scheme administered by the Department of Labour and known as the Alternance Scheme, or
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(d) attendance at a training course provided or approved of by An Chomhairle Oiliúna, or
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(e) employment under a scheme administered by the Department of Labour and known as Teamwork, or
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(f) participation in a scheme administered by the Department of Social Welfare and known as the Part-Time Job Allowance Scheme, or
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(g) participation in a scheme administered by the Department of Education and known as the Educational Opportunities Scheme,
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shall be disregarded in treating, pursuant to subsection (4) (c), any two periods of interruption of employment not separated by more than 13 weeks as one period of interruption of employment.
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(2A) For the purposes of this Chapter, any period, being not longer than one year in duration, of—
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(a) employment under a scheme administered by the Department of Labour and known as the Social Employment Scheme, or
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(b) participation in a scheme administered by the Department of Labour and known as the Enterprise Allowance Scheme, or
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(c) participation in a scheme administered by the Department of Labour and known as the Alternance Scheme, or
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(d) attendance at a training course provided or approved of by An Chomhairle Oiliúna, or
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(e) employment under a scheme administered by the Department of Labour and known as Teamwork, or
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(f) participation in a scheme administered by the Department of Social Welfare and known as the Part-Time Job Allowance Scheme, or
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(g) participation in a scheme administered by the Department of Education and known as the Educational Opportunities Scheme,
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shall be disregarded in treating, pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, any two continuous periods of unemployment not separated by more than 20 weeks as one continuous period of unemployment.
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