asked the Minister for Social Welfare when it is anticipated that the three-day waiting period will be abolished in connection with unemployment benefit.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Abolition of Waiting Period for Unemployment Benefit.
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I intend to introduce legislation during the present session which will provide for the abolition of the three-day waiting period in the case of persons transferring from unemployment benefit to unemployment assistance. As I have stated previously it is not my intention to provide for the general abolition of the waiting period for unemployment benefit.