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Amendment of section 135 of Principal Act (Interpretation, Part III, Chapter 2).
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11.—Section 135 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (2) of the following subsection:
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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,
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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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