Dermot Ahern
Question:203 Mr. D. Ahern asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that discrimination exists in the FÁS Community Employment Development Programme by restricting eligibility to those over one year in receipt of unemployment benefit or lone parents allowance in so far as many women registered as adult dependents and returned emigrants are disqualified despite the fact that they require retraining in order to reenter the job market on an equal footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.